Emergent says it has disposed of spoilt Covid-19 vaccine batch

  • 3 years ago
Johnson & Johnson's manufacturing partner Emergent BioSolutions said on Thursday that it had disposed of a single batch of COVID-19 drug substance that did not meet specifications, a day after J&J said it had found a problem with a batch being produced at Emergent's site in Baltimore, Maryland. Colette Luke has more.

Johnson & Johnson's manufacturing partner Emergent BioSolutions said on Thursday that it had disposed of the single batch of COVID-19 drug substance that did not meet specifications.

This comes after J&J said on Wednesday that it had found a problem with a batch of the drug substance for its COVID-19 vaccine being produced at Emergent's site in Baltimore, Maryland, adding that the batch did not advance to the final fill-and-finish stage.

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