WASHNGTON, April 23 — The ousted director of a key US agency charged with developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic said yesterday he was dismissed because he called for careful vetting of a treatment frequently touted by President Donald Trump. Rick Bright said in a statement that he...
Thursday, 23 Apr 2020 09:26 AM MYT
Rick Bright said in a statement that he was replaced as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or Barda, and reassigned to a new role because he resisted efforts to push hydroxychloroquine and the related chloroquine as cures for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.
US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said yesterday he had heard that in his new role, Bright would be responsible for the development of diagnostics, a “very, very important” issue.Bright, an expert in vaccines and therapeutics, was named Bardas director in 2016 before Trump took office as president.
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