US President Donald Trump said on the 23rd that the White House will not necessarily approve the FDA to issue stricter standards for the emergency use of the new crown vaccine.
He believes that the FDA's increased approval standards seem to be driven by politics.
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The Washington Post reported the day before that the US Drug Administration plans to issue stricter emergency use authorization standards for the new crown vaccine in the near future, which will make it more difficult for the new crown vaccine under development to be approved for use before the election day on November 3.
Trump talked about this report at a White House press conference on the 23rd, saying that the FDA must approve the White House to raise standards, "we may or may not approve."
Trump believes that the FDA's increase in vaccine approval standards may be political.
He claimed to "extremely trust" the pharmaceutical companies that developed the new crown vaccine, "they have completed testing and everything else", saying that the FDA's extension of the approval process "sounds like a political move."
Trump has repeatedly declared that the United States can be ready to distribute the new crown vaccine before election day.
The FDA raises vaccine approval standards to increase transparency and public trust, and to ensure that political interference will not rush to authorize new coronavirus vaccines whose safety and effectiveness are not fully guaranteed.
US Drug Administration Director Stephen Hahn did not directly respond to the Washington Post report when he testified in the Senate on the 23rd, but said that the regulator may "provide more information" on the emergency use authorization process for the new crown vaccine.
Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the same hearing that about 700 million doses of the new crown vaccine are expected to be in place by the end of March or April next year and can be used by 350 million people.
According to his estimates, it may take until July of next year for all Americans to be vaccinated.
(Chen Dan) [Xinhua News Agency Wei Feature]