WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's
COVID-19 vaccine is likely very good, but an independent
review board was concerned about how the drugmaker presented
data in a press release this week, top U.S. health official Dr.
Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday.
"This likely a very good vaccine," Fauci, U.S. President Joe
Biden's COVID-19 medical adviser and National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, told ABC News' "Good
Morning America" program.
But the data and safety monitoring board "got concerned"
that the data in AstraZeneca's public statement "were somewhat
outdated and might in fact be misleading a bit," he added.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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