(CNN) Dr. Rick Bright, the former director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine who was ousted last April, has settled a complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services regarding his removal from his position, according to his attorney. Bright and HHS came to a financial agreement that compensated him for losses including salary, benefits and pension contributions after he was abruptly removed in April 2020 from his role as the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. He was reassigned to a narrower position at the National Institutes of Health, which his attorneys described as being "sidelined," before he eventually resigned from the federal government. As a result of the new agreement, the employment complaint Bright filed last May has been dismissed. In a statement, an HHS spokesman confirmed the settlement on the whistleblower claim.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 18:33 UTC