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Cast Members In US FDA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee

 
• By Sue Sutter and Brenda Sandburg

There are 18 people on the committee that will issue the first recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine development and licensure. Among the experts are a University of Michigan epidemiologist who will serve as acting chairman and seven temporary voting members, two of whom required conflict-of-interest waivers.

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The stage is set: US FDA has put together a panel of 18 experts for its first advisory committee related to COVID-19 vaccines.

The US Food and Drug Administration has posted the final cast of experts that will be making development and study recommendations about COVID-19 vaccines.

The agency has added seven temporary voting members and a new acting chairman to its Vaccines and Related Biological Products...

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