US vaccine expert Rick Bright who was fired for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump as the cure of the coronvirus pandemic,&nbsp;is to file a whistleblower complaint, his lawyers say.

Under US law, a whistleblower complaint can be filed if a person believes their employer retaliated against them for exercising their rights as an employee.

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"In our filing we will make clear that Bright was sidelined for one reason only -because he resisted efforts to provide unfettered access to potentially dangerous drugs, including chloroquine, a drug promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which is untested and possibly deadly when used improperly," a statement from the doctor's lawyers said.

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Bright was&nbsp;the director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the government agency for developing and procuring treatments and vaccines for&nbsp;against COVID-19.

However, he was removed from this position on Tuesday transferred to a lesser position in the National Institutes of Health.

Bright had claimed that the move was a direct response to his resistance to "misguided directives" to support the use of malaria treatments chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus.

However,&nbsp;Trump had denied the accusation and said that he had "never heard" of him.

US vaccine expert Rick Bright who was fired for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump as the cure of the coronvirus pandemic, is to file a whistleblower complaint, his lawyers say.

US vaccine expert Rick Bright who was fired for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump as the cure of the coronvirus pandemic, is to file a whistleblower complaint, his lawyers say. Under US law, a whistleblower complaint can be filed if a person believes their employer retaliated against them for exercising their rights as an employee. Also read: US vaccine expert removed by Trump for opposing chloroquine "In our filing we will make clear that Bright was sidelined for one reason only -because he resisted efforts to provide unfettered access to potentially dangerous drugs, including chloroquine, a drug promoted by the administration as a panacea, but which is untested and possibly deadly when used improperly," a statement from the doctor's lawyers said. Also read: Harvard professor becomes a billionaire from stake in company discovering Covid-19 vaccine Bright was the director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the government agency for developing and procuring treatments and vaccines for against COVID-19. However, he was removed from this position on Tuesday transferred to a lesser position in the National Institutes of Health. Bright had claimed that the move was a direct response to his resistance to "misguided directives" to support the use of malaria treatments chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus. However, Trump had denied the accusation and said that he had "never heard" of him.

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Chief of the US agency responsible for&nbsp;making a vaccine against COVID-19 said that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump.

Rick Bright said he was removed on Tuesday as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the government agency for developing and procuring treatments and vaccines, and transferred to a lesser position in the National Institutes of Health.

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In a statement to the US media he said, "I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit."

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He said the move was a direct response to his resistance to "misguided directives" to support the use of malaria treatments chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus.

Those treatments, he said, were "promoted by the administration as a panacea," but "clearly lack scientific merit.".

"While I am prepared to look at all options and to think 'outside the box' for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public."

Trump has advocated for the use of chloroquine to treat COVID-19 infections since mid-March, with scant evidence from studies of its safety or effectiveness.

Chief of the US agency responsible for making a vaccine against COVID-19 said that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump.

Chief of the US agency responsible for making a vaccine against COVID-19 said that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump. Rick Bright said he was removed on Tuesday as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the government agency for developing and procuring treatments and vaccines, and transferred to a lesser position in the National Institutes of Health. Also read: Make no mistake, coronavirus will be with us for a long time: WHO chief Tedros In a statement to the US media he said, "I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic into safe and scientifically vetted solutions, and not in drugs, vaccines and other technologies that lack scientific merit." Also read: US House to pass nearly $500 billion more in coronavirus aid: Pelosi He said the move was a direct response to his resistance to "misguided directives" to support the use of malaria treatments chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus. Those treatments, he said, were "promoted by the administration as a panacea," but "clearly lack scientific merit.". "While I am prepared to look at all options and to think 'outside the box' for effective treatments, I rightly resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public." Trump has advocated for the use of chloroquine to treat COVID-19 infections since mid-March, with scant evidence from studies of its safety or effectiveness.

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