Weber Shandwick is helping run communications around the vaccine program

But the PR group is already working for Moderna, and has worked for Pfizer

Critics slammed the CDC's hire today as 'irresponsible', it was revealed


A PR company that represents Pfizer and Moderna has staff 'embedded' in the CDC's vaccine approval board, it has emerged.

New York-based firm Weber Shandwick has been responsible for elevating Pfizer's profile since at least 2006. It partnered with Moderna in June this year, after the small biotech firm became a household name following its vaccine success.

Yet questions are being raised about a possible conflict of interest as it emerged the company was hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the pandemic to boost its 'health communication'.

it was involved in PR campaigns that encouraged Americans to get vaccinated against Covid.

But a spokesperson for Weber Shandwick told DailyMail.com it had a 'thorough vetting and mitigation process to avoid conflicts'.

Vaccine makers made more than $34billion in profits last year from the Covid jabs alone — equivalent to $1,000 a second, according to estimates.

They are expected to make billions more from the bivalent booster jabs being rolled out this winter — with the US having bought 171million doses.



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