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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Sat Apr 3, 2021, 10:23 PM Apr 2021

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Johnson & Johnson to take over Baltimore Emergent plant for foreseeable future to primarily make jus [View all]

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Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
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Apr 3, 2021
Confirmed NYT that Health & Human Services Department has directed Johnson & Johnson to take over Baltimore Emergent plant for foreseeable future to primarily make just J&J vaccines, not AstraZeneca. This comes after quality control issues ruined up to 15 mil potential J&J doses.

Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
Backstory here:

"Quality" issue at Baltimore vaccine plant delays some of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine
cnn.com
https://t.co/g18skX7qRj?amp=1

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Johnson & Johnson to take over Baltimore Emergent plant for foreseeable future to primarily make jus [View all] soothsayer Apr 2021 OP

Were they planning to make AstraZeneca ? JI7 Apr 2021 #1

I hadn't heard that either. Bit puzzling soothsayer Apr 2021 #2

They were making both J&J and AstraZeneca. LisaL Apr 2021 #3

Has AZ been approved in the US ? JI7 Apr 2021 #4

No. LisaL Apr 2021 #5

I didn't know they can do that JI7 Apr 2021 #6

it wasn't necessarily for the US Orangepeel Apr 2021 #8

Yes they can. I work for another of the 3rd party manufacturers who OnDoutside Apr 2021 #10

They were making AstraZeneca since AstraZeneca expected to get approval. LisaL Apr 2021 #11

Yay! Grasswire2 Apr 2021 #7

J&J's advantage is that it's a lot easier to store. LisaL Apr 2021 #12

Incompetent fucked-up company's revenues skyrocketed during the Trump administration dalton99a Apr 2021 #9

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