Choice of vaccine critic knocks some of world’s biggest drugmakers including Moderna, AstraZeneca and GSK
Who is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities?Business live – latest updates
Investors in pharmaceutical companies have sold off shares in the sector after Donald Trump nominated the anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK Jr has embraced numerous health-related conspiracy theories, and is one of the most persistent and influential vaccine deniers in the US.
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