01:32 PM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with Pfizer's ( PFE ) response to a request for comment.)

A former Pfizer (PFE) scientist said he was part of an effort to "deliberately slow down" COVID-19 vaccine testing as lawmakers investigate whether the company delayed posting results until after the 2020 presidential election, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a letter from the US House Judiciary Committee.

"Pfizer is in receipt of the letter asking about allegations made in a Wall Street Journal story, and we will respond directly to the Committee," a Pfizer spokesperson told MT Newswires via email. "The COVID-19 vaccine development process was driven by science and guided by the U.S. FDA back in 2020. We have consistently and transparently reiterated the facts and the timeline of the tireless work of scientists, regulators, and thousands of clinical trial volunteers who made the vaccine possible. Theories to the contrary are simply untrue and being manufactured."

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