Business and Politics in America and Britain

Emergent plant that ruined Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses had prior FDA violations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/01/emergent-jj-vaccine-plant-inspection/
“Emergent’s $628 million Warp Speed deal was made as part of a long-standing contract between the company and the office in the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) responsible for preparing for public health threats.
At the time of the award, that office was led by Assistant Secretary Robert Kadlec. The Post previously reported that before joining the Trump administration, Kadlec was paid as a consultant to Emergent and formed a start-up company with Emergent’s chairman. Kadlec did not mention either role in a questionnaire about his career that he completed for the Senate when it considered his nomination by Trump in 2017. Kadlec and Emergent previously told The Post that Kadlec’s past work for Emergent had no bearing on the firm’s government contracts. …
Emergent, a well-connected firm with a formidable lobbying operation in Washington, has in recent years been the highest-paid contractor to the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS”. 

Corruption in Britain has reached new heights under Boris Johnson’s government
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2021/03/corruption-britain-has-reached-new-heights-under-boris-johnson-s-government