{"id":94102,"date":"2021-04-05T06:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=94102"},"modified":"2021-04-05T06:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T11:01:50","slug":"us-puts-jj-in-charge-of-plant-that-botched-covid-vaccine-removes-astrazeneca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/04\/05\/us-puts-jj-in-charge-of-plant-that-botched-covid-vaccine-removes-astrazeneca\/","title":{"rendered":"US Puts J&J In Charge of Plant that Botched COVID Vaccine, Removes AstraZeneca"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VOA \u2014 The United States has put Johnson and Johnson in charge of a plant that ruined 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and has stopped British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc from using the facility, a senior health official said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

J&J said it was “assuming full responsibility” of the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, reiterating that it will deliver 100 million doses to the government by the end of May.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health & Human Services facilitated the move, the health official said in an email, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.<\/p>\n

AstraZeneca, whose vaccine has not been approved in the United States, said it will work with President Joe Biden’s administration to find an alternative site to produce its Vaccine.<\/p>\n

White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The development, first reported by the New York Times<\/em>, further hampers AstraZeneca’s efforts in the United States. The government has criticized the drugmaker for using outdated data in the results of its vaccine trial. It later revised its study.<\/p>\n

Workers at the Emergent BioSolutions plant several weeks ago conflated ingredients for the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines, the Times<\/em> said earlier in the week. J&J said at the time the ruined batch had not advanced to the fill-and-finish stage.<\/p>\n

The government’s move to have the facility make only the J&J single-dose vaccine is meant to avoid future mix-ups, the Times said, citing two senior federal health officials.<\/p>\n

The top U.S. infectious disease doctor told Reuters on Thursday the country may not need AstraZeneca’s vaccine even if it wins approval.<\/p>\n

The United States has loan deals to send Mexico and Canada roughly 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, made at its U.S. facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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