BUZZ-Vaccine makers, packaged food cos slide as Trump taps RFK to head health agency

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BUZZ-Vaccine makers, packaged food cos slide as Trump taps RFK to head health agency

** Shares of vaccine makers tumbled at the end of Thursday's trading session as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump selected Robert F Kennedy Jr to head the Department of Health and Human Services

** BioNTech BNTX.O, Moderna MRNA.O, Pfizer PFE.N, GSK GSK.N and Sanofi SNY.O ended down between 2.1% and 7.1%

** Kennedy has made false medical claims, including that vaccines are linked to autism

** In after hours trading, the share price movement among the drugmakers was more muted

** Kennedy has also vowed to reduce the dominance of ultra-processed foods; shares of Sysco SYY.N dropped 2% for the day and Kraft Heinz KHC.O> fell 1%, while PepsiCo PEP.O pared earlier to end up 0.2%

(Reporting by Stephen Culp)

((stephen.culp@thomsonreuters.com; 646-223-6076;))

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