Operation Warp Speed Npr
The operation warp speed team is led by moncef slaoui former chairman for vaccines at glaxosmithkline.
Operation warp speed npr. The other four vaccine efforts operation warp speed is supporting astrazenecauniversity of oxford johnson johnson novavax and sanofiglaxosmithkline are weeks to months behind moderna and. Nprs mary louise kelly talks with gen. President trump has chosen a former pharmaceutical executive and a four star general to run operation warp speed an effort to speed up development of a vaccine for covid 19 and get it to as many. Members of congress advocacy groups and a former administration official say operation warp speed should release its vaccine contracts with pharmaceutical companies following an npr report that.
In may he was appointed to co lead the project along with the initiatives chief science adviser dr. Gustave perna to lead operation warp speed the official moniker for the trump administrations frenetic drive to roll out such a vaccine this year. One reason is that operation warp speed is issuing billions of dollars worth of coronavirus vaccine contracts to companies through a nongovernment intermediary bypassing the regulatory oversight. Operation warp speed leader on logistics of a coronavirus vaccine.
The occasion was a confirmation hearing for gen. Perna is chief operating officer for operation warp speed the governments initiative to fast track the development manufacture and distribution of covid 19 drugs and treatments. Hell even the wikipedia page shows that pfizer was a part of operation warp. Gustave perna about overseeing the logistics of a coronavirus vaccine for the trump administrations operation warp speed program.
The group includes officials from the food and drug administration the department of defense.