FDA allowed two more batches of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to dispatch but said because of the possibility of contamination, other batches should not be released. Additional batches are still under review.
A possible contamination at Johnson & Johnson's Baltimore factory required the company to toss out materials used to make the vaccine, the Associated Press reported.
The doses originated at an Emergent BioSolutions factory, known as Bayview, that is making the vaccine for J&J. Those doses would be the first from the factory approved for use. J&J doses that had been administered came from other plants. The problems forced J&J to import millions of doses from its factory in the Netherlands and to miss supply commitments.
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