The summit will feature panels of federal health officials as well as representatives from companies that will be involved in the vaccine’s distribution, including FedEx, UPS, CVS, McKesson and ThermoFisher.
Pfizer and Moderna were invited to the summit, but will not attend, The Hill reported. A spokesperson for Moderna told The Hill that the drugmaker was contacted by Operation Warp Speed, the White House’s initiative to speed COVID-19 vaccine and drug development, to be a part of the meeting, but “subsequently, Moderna learned that, based on the meeting’s agenda, its participation would not be required.”
Administration officials then told The Hill that because the event will feature regulators discussing the vaccines, it wouldn’t be appropriate to have the drugmakers there as well.
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