Suit: FDA Gave Pfizer Liability Shield By Keeping EUA For Approved Vaccine

By Beth Wang / September 8, 2021 at 3:22 PM
Children’s Health Defense is suing FDA for allegedly “arbitrarily and capriciously” approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and up while maintaining the vaccine’s emergency use authorization status, a move that the organization argues was a “bait and switch” that allowed employers, the military and governments to implement vaccine mandates while also allowing Pfizer to maintain a blanket liability shield. The organization alleges FDA violated the law, and it asks a U.S. district court to vacate FDA’s decisions to...


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