This was mooted last week in response to the political pressure being applied to the US FDA to approve drugs ahead of the election to boost electoral chances:
The Wall Street Journal report now the firms have agreed to the measure - not to seek regulatory approval until a vaccine is shown to safely work effectively.
The pledge was signed by the heads of
- AstraZeneca
- GlaxoSmithKline GSK
- Johnson & Johnson
- Merck
- Moderna
- Novavax
- Sanofi
- BioNTech
- Pfizer
- "We believe this pledge will help ensure public confidence in the rigorous scientific and regulatory process by which Covid-19 vaccines are evaluated and may ultimately be approved"
