President Donald Trump raged at the FDA for taking so long to approve Pfizer’s COVID vaccine on Friday morning and ordered them to ‘stop playing games and start saving lives’ as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said official approval may still take ‘a couple of days’. A panel of 23 independent scientists voted … Read more
‘Get the damn vaccines out now!’ Trump rages at ‘slow turtle’ FDA for taking so long to approve Pfizer vaccine and tells them ‘stop playing games and start saving lives’ – as Azar says approval may still take ‘a couple of days’ Trump tweeted on Friday that the FDA was a ‘slow turtle’ taking too … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel has voted to give Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine emergency approval. Now, the FDA itself will have to accept the committee’s recommendation and Commissioner Stephen Hahn will have to sign off on the emergency approval. Officials typically take the recommendations of these expert panels, and the FDA … Read more
Canada has become just the second country in the world to approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, and may start immunizing residents as early as next week. On Wednesday, the country’s health regulator, Health Canada, posted on its website that it had authorized the jab after a two-month independent review on safety and efficacy. ‘Canadians can … Read more
BREAKING: Canada becomes second country to approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine a week after the UK gave the shot the greenlight – but the US FDA won’t authorize it for at least another day On Wednesday, Health Canada approved the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE The government is set … Read more
The nation’s top infectious disease expert says he believes the UK should have spent more time thoroughly vetting Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine before approving it for emergency use authorization. On Wednesday, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said the shot, developed with German partner BioNTech SE, was safe to roll out for widespread use. … Read more
Matt Hancock faced a backlash today after claiming Brexit meant the UK beat the rest of the world to approve the new coronavirus vaccine. The Health Secretary boasted that the Europeans were ‘moving a little bit more slowly’ due to extra red tape – but stressed that the Pfizer BioNTech jab had still gone through … Read more
Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve ‘wasteful and destructive’ £1.7billion road plan Ministers have approved proposal for new two-mile tunnel south of current road Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site has instructed lawyers Wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning of possible legal challenge By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 16:49 … Read more
Stonehenge tunnel campaigners launch legal battle against decision to approve ‘wasteful and destructive’ £1.7billion road plan Ministers have approved proposal for new two-mile tunnel south of current road Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site has instructed lawyers Wrote to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warning of possible legal challenge By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 16:49 … Read more
MPs approve plans for more oversight over trade deals to protect British food standards By Claire Ellcott Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:58 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 01:27 GMT, 5 November 2020 MPs have approved plans that give politicians more oversight over future trade deals to protect British food standards. In … Read more