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White House threatens FDA chief Stephen Hahn’s job over approval of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pressed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief to authorise emergency use for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing, administration officials say.
Key points:
- Mr Meadows spoke to Dr Hahn by telephone on Friday
- The FDA says it “will rapidly work” to grant emergency use of the vaccine
- Mr Biden says he is committed to vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of his administration
The vaccine produced by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech won a critical endorsement on Thursday, US time, from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and sign-off from the agency — which is expected within days — is the next step needed to get the shots to the…
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