BFF-33 US expects to approve UK-backed AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine in April

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US expects to approve UK-backed AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine in April

WASHINGTON, Dec 30, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The United States is expected
to approve the low-cost AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in April, a senior
official said, more than three months after Britain’s green light on
Monday.

Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, the
military-led US effort for vaccines, did not question Britain’s move
but told reporters that US trials would be complete for approval
“sometime in early April.”

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