A detail of Janssen Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that is not currently being released because it has been suspended.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday a plant in Baltimore that was destroying millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine was unhygienic and unfit to manufacture the shots.
The FDA has asked Emergent BioSolutions, which manages the plant, to temporarily halt production of materials for Covid-19 vaccines earlier this month as the U.S. agency launched an inspection.
The Biden government has put J&J in charge of the Baltimore plant after U.S. officials learned that Emergent, a contract manufacturer that manufactured vaccines for J&J and AstraZeneca, mixed ingredients for the two shots. Officials also halted production of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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