A physician who heads the influential U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee recused herself from the panel’s review of COVID-19 vaccines because of her role overseeing a clinical trial for Moderna Inc’s candidate, her spokeswoman told Reuters.
Hana El Sahly, associate professor of virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, last year became chairwoman of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee – the panel of outside experts that will make recommendations on whether coronavirus vaccines should be approved.
In July, however, El Sahly was named one of three lead investigators for Moderna’s late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, creating a potential conflict of interest.
Moderna has said it could have enough data to show whether its vaccine…