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Biden vaccine victories build on Trump team s work Dan Diamond and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post March 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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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