EU drug regulator stops use of J&J vaccine doses made at Baltimore plant during time of contamination
June 11, 2021 | BY TAL AXELROD | The Hill | Source
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“The European Union’s drug regulator announced Friday it will stop administering doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine that were made at a Baltimore plant at around the time when manufacturing issues were uncovered there.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that the vaccines it has received from the plant were not affected by the contamination, which saw the Johnson & Johnson vaccines accidentally made with an ingredient for the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was also being manufactured there. Still, the shots it received from the site will not be used out of an abundance of caution.
“Based on available information, batches of the vaccine released in the EU are not affected by the cross contamination. However, as a precaution and to safeguard the quality of vaccines, the supervisory authorities have recommended not releasing vaccine batches containing the active substance made at around the same time that the contamination occurred,” the EMA said in a statement.”
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