White House officials have been urging speedy approval not just of Covid-19 treatments, but of vaccines. Such a move would be highly unusual and most likely prompt more concern about whether the administration was pressuring the F.D.A. Senior administration officials disputed the account of the meeting, saying Mr. Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were either being misquoted or had been misunderstood on every major point. An aide to Ms. Pelosi said she warned officials at the meeting against taking short cuts. typically requires clinical trials with American patients before approving vaccines for use in this country.

Source: New York Times August 24, 2020 00:56 UTC