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US President Trump has again accused drug companies of deliberately delaying the release of vaccine data to hurt him in the election. The reason you are suspicious of their plans to lower drug costs.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has accused the pharmaceutical company Pfizer of deliberately delaying the publication of data on its future corona vaccine to damage it in the elections. “Pfizer and others have even decided not to test the results of their vaccines, in other words, just put out a vaccine immediately after the election,” Trump said at a press conference at the White House. “You have waited and waited and waited.”
Originally, drug companies wanted to submit their data in October, Trump said. “But they decided to postpone it.” The reason is his plans to cut drug costs, which he presented, Trump said. Therefore, he had turned the pharmaceutical industry against him.
If drug companies had announced their good results on the effectiveness of their candidate vaccines before the November 3 presidential election, “it probably would have had an impact” on the election, Trump concluded.
Trump: “Big Pharma against us”
Pfizer and German partner Biontech announced on November 9 that their corona vaccine candidate was more than 90 percent effective. On November 16, the American biotech company Moderna announced that its vaccine candidate was 94.5 percent effective.
Pfizer and Biontech, now talking about 95 percent effectiveness, filed an application with the US FDA yesterday for an emergency approval that could be granted in a few weeks.
Trump said the drug lobby had already spent “millions of dollars” on advertising against him during the election campaign. “We had Big Pharma against us.” He spoke of “corrupt games”.
Trump continues to insist on victory
Trump also claimed again that he had actually won the election anyway. The president-elect did not respond to questions from journalists during the press conference. Trump has yet to admit his electoral defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The headline speaks of an alleged electoral fraud. Election authorities and experts strongly disagree, emphasizing that Biden legitimately won the election.
In the US, more than 253,000 people have died as a result of corona infections, more than in any other country in the world. The number of confirmed cases of infection is also the highest in the world at more than 11.8 million.
