Federal investigators are investigating claims suggesting Pfizer delayed announcing test results of its Covid vaccine until after the 2020 presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported, bolstering a claim by President Donald Trump, who has said for years the company withheld vaccine results to impact his chances at reelection.
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00:00Did Pfizer delay the COVID-19 vaccine announcement until after the 2020 election?
00:05Here's what we know.
00:06The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan is leading an investigation into claims by
00:11a scientist who used to work at Pfizer who allegedly told colleagues in GSK
00:17that the company delayed announcing the success of its COVID vaccine until after the 2020 election.
00:23The scientist, who no longer works at GSK, reportedly denies making the allegations.
00:30An investigation into the disputed comments follows claims by Trump,
00:34who alleged in a series of social media posts that Pfizer, quote,
00:39didn't have the courage to announce details about the company's COVID vaccine
00:44until after Election Day in 2020, suggesting without evidence,
00:48Pfizer, quote, didn't want to have me get a vaccine win before the election.
00:53Both Pfizer and its biotech partner have denied claims the company
00:58delayed the release of their COVID vaccine.
01:00A senior vice president at Pfizer said that the vaccine development was, quote,
01:05never about politics and the company, quote,
01:08had no time and still have no time to deal with politics.
01:12The Pfizer CEO projected the trial results would come by late September 2020,
01:18but the timeline was delayed as the company increased the number of participants in its trial.
01:23Read more at Forbes.com.