Trump often trumpets the work of the company, musing aloud about their revealing a vaccine before Election Day. The drug company is led by a boastful chief executive who has appeared unafraid to bust the norms around vaccine development. In various interviews, Bourla has predicted that the company would know by this month whether its vaccine works. On Tuesday, Bourla insisted on Twitter he had never discussed the FDA's vaccine requirements with the White House. "Pfizer has never discussed (the FDA's) vaccine guidelines with the White House and will never do so as it could undermine the agency's independence," he tweeted .

Source: CNN October 06, 2020 17:03 UTC