The US government stopped a Baltimore factory that destroyed 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in the manufacture of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc, New York Times reported.
J&J said in a statement that “it assumes full responsibility for the manufacture of the Covid-19 vaccine at Emergent BioSolutions Inc. Bayview ”.
He did not specify whether he would take over the factory. The company did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
The New York Times reported that AstraZeneca He said in a statement that he would work with President Joe Biden’s administration to find an alternative site. The pharmacist did not respond to a request for comment.
The decision by the US Department of Health and Human Services will make the Emergent BioSolutions facility dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine and is intended to avoid future confusion, according to the newspaper’s report, citing two senior federal health officials.
The top US government doctor for infectious diseases told Reuters that the country may not need the AstraZeneca vaccine, even if it gets approval.