The Post also found that the mishandling of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine followed an allegation of another serious error by Emergent on a separate vaccine project for ricin involving the same Baltimore plant. ADADRegarding the ruined batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Emergent said Thursday that the problem was caught through routine quality checks and that none of the contaminated vaccine was shipped from the plant. Emergent said it remained confident it would meet the timetables of its customers, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, as well as the government’s. The FDA, Emergent and Johnson & Johnson have not publicly discussed why this is. In the meantime, Johnson & Johnson has been shipping vaccine made in the Netherlands for U.S. supply.

Source: Washington Post April 02, 2021 00:13 UTC