Biden vaccine victories build on Trump team s work
Dan Diamond and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post
March 11, 2021
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President Joe Biden listens Wednesday as leaders from Johnson & Johnson and Merck spoke during an event at the White House.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden beckoned leaders of two of the world s largest pharmaceutical companies to the White House on Wednesday and credited his administration for the nearly unprecedented collaboration between the longtime rivals, Merck and Johnson & Johnson, now jointly producing acoronavirus vaccine.
But the breakthrough touted by Biden was first conceived by Trump officials last year, culminating in a Jan. 4 conference call arranged between Merck and Johnson & Johnson s senior leaders, said four Trump administration officials with knowledge of the efforts.
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The White House also revived an Obama-era policy that allows Central American children to apply for admission to the U.S. from their home country.
Central American children were held at a shelter in Mexico before being transferred to the United States to continue their asylum requests.Credit.Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
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