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The report comes a day after the expert, Rick Bright, went public with a bombshell statement saying he was removed from leading a federal agency heavily involved in coronavirus response efforts after he “resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections.”
And it comes on the same day that a House committee chairman called for an investigation into Bright’s forced transfer from his post as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a unit of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.
A source close to Bright who spoke with NBC News said that he was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison, who has raised campaign funds for Trump, and the president spoke about it.
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Ousted HHS vaccine expert felt pressure to rush possible Covid-19 treatment after Trump spoke to Oracle boss Larry Ellison
PUBLISHED THU, APR 23 20201:09 PM EDTUPDATED THU, APR 23 2020KEY POINTS
- A federal vaccine expert who was ousted from his post this week felt pressured to rush out expanded access to a potential coronavirus treatment after President Trump discussed the drug with Oracle’s Larry Ellison, NBC News reported.
- A source told NBC News that Dr. Rick Bright was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison and the president spoke about it.
The report comes a day after the expert, Rick Bright, went public with a bombshell statement saying he was removed from leading a federal agency heavily involved in coronavirus response efforts after he “resisted efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections.”
And it comes on the same day that a House committee chairman called for an investigation into Bright’s forced transfer from his post as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a unit of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.
A source close to Bright who spoke with NBC News said that he was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison, who has raised campaign funds for Trump, and the president spoke about it.
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Ousted HHS vaccine expert felt pressure to rush possible Covid-19 treatment after Trump spoke to Oracle boss Larry Ellison
A source told NBC News that Rick Bright was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison, who has raised campaign funds for Trump, and the president spoke about it.