The decision to authorize and approve a COVID-19 vaccine will be based on data and science—not politics, Stephen Hahn, MD, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said today in a Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) webinar."We will use science and data to drive those decisions, we will be transparent about those decisions, and we will do everything in our power to prevent anything other than science and data from being involved in those decisions," Hahn said. "That is the promise that we as the FDA, that I as the commissioner of food and drugs, make to the American people."The webinar, "The Review Process for Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19: A Discussion," also included former FDA Commissioner Margaret