Reportedly, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has put Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in charge of the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore that ruined 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The incident has stopped British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc from using the facility and will now only produce a single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
J&J assumed full responsibility for the plant, restating that it will deliver 100 million doses by the end of May. The company has already strengthened its control over Emergent BioSolutions’ work to avoid any further quality lapses.
The decision came in after the workers at the Emergent BioSolutions plant mixed ingredients for the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines, as per reports. Emergent is a manufacturing partner to both AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
The government’s decision to have the facility make only the J&J single-dose vaccine is meant to avoid future mix-ups. It also raises concerns for U.S. officials that the mishap at the Emergent plant could dampen public confidence in the vaccines. The mix-up has delayed future shipments of Johnson & Johnson doses in the U.S. while the FDA is investigating the incident.
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