Prognosis
Fauci Slams U.K. on Pfizer Shot Review, Then Mutes Critique
- U.K. accepted company’s data without extra scrutiny, he says
- Education secretary had said Britain is ‘much better country’
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Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease specialist, slammed the U.K.’s drug regulator, saying that it rushed to clear the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE.
The U.K. watchdog, called the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said Wednesday that it had approved the Pfizer vaccine. That means the shot will likely be used in Britain before the U.S. and the European Union.