TRUMP ANNOUNCE 'BREAKTHROUGH' CORONAVIRUS THERAPEUTIC, WHITE HOUSE SAYS
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TRUMP TO ANNOUNCE 'BREAKTHROUGH' CORONAVIRUS THERAPEUTIC, WHITE HOUSE SAYS
President Trump is expected to announce on Sunday evening a "major therapeutic breakthrough" on the novel coronavirus, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted.
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McEnany tweeted late Saturday the president will hold a press conference on Sunday "concerning a major therapeutic breakthrough on the China Virus." She added that Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn would attend the event.
No other details were provided for the briefing slated to start at 5:30 p.m.
Officials familiar with the situation told Bloomberg News and The Washington Post that the president will announce an emergency authorization for a new treatment involving blood plasma donated from people who recovered from COVID-19.
The treatment, convalescent plasma, has been given to more than 70,000 patients as part of an expanded access program from the FDA and the Mayo Clinic, officials told the Post.
The authorization will make it easier for COVID-19 patients to obtain convalescent plasma, which the president has promoted. The effectiveness for treating coronavirus has not been proven although it has appeared promising, according to the news outlets.
Earlier in the day, Trump said that the FDA was "making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics."
"Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after November 3rd," he tweeted, referring to the election.
"Most focus on speed and saving lives!" he added, tagging Hahn.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) later labeled those comments "very dangerous."
"The FDA has a responsibility to approve drugs, judging on their safety and their efficacy, not by a declaration from the White House about speed and politicizing the FDA," Pelosi said during a rare Saturday press briefing in the Capitol.