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J&J halts COVID-19 vaccine production at only manufacturing plant

by Reuters

Feb 08, 2022 - 11:00 pm GMT+3
A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, California, U.S., Aug. 19, 2021. (AFP Photo)
A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, California, U.S., Aug. 19, 2021. (AFP Photo)
by Reuters Feb 08, 2022 11:00 pm

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) quietly shut down the only plant making usable batches of its COVID-19 vaccine late last year, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the decision.

The halt is temporary, with the plant in the Dutch city of Leiden expected to start making the vaccine again after a few months, according to the report.

The plant has instead been making an experimental but potentially more profitable vaccine to protect against an unrelated virus, the New York Times (NYT) reported.

J&J currently has millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in inventory, the company said in an email, adding that it continues to provide all its fill-and-finish sites with drug substance required to produce its shot.

"We continue to fulfill our contractual obligations in relation to the COVAX Facility and the African Union," J&J said.

The NYT report, however, said with the Leiden plant temporarily unavailable, it could reduce the supply of the J&J vaccine by a few hundred million doses.

Other facilities have been tapped to manufacture the vaccine but they are either not up and running or are yet to receive regulatory approval to make the shot, the report added.

The drugmaker last month forecast about $3.5 billion in sales from its COVID-19 vaccine in 2022.

That is a 46% jump from its sales of $2.39 billion in 2021, a year marked by manufacturing stumbles, safety concerns and uneven demand for a vaccine once touted as a promising tool for inoculating populations in hard-to-reach areas.

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