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FDA Report Details Emergent BioSolutions Vaccine Violations

Poor training and failure to keep contaminants sealed were found at Emergent BioSolutions, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

At this Baltimore lab, 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, delaying shipments of the vaccine in the United States.
At this Baltimore lab, 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, delaying shipments of the vaccine in the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MD — After the biopharmaceutical company making coronavirus vaccines in Baltimore was investigated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FDA detailed its findings in a report released Wednesday. Among them are that workers at the Emergent BioSolutions plant in east Baltimore were not trained in quality control and materials were not protected from contaminants.

The facility was ordered to stop making the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pending the FDA investigation.

It was also making the AstraZeneca vaccine for coronavirus, and the plant mixed ingredients for the two last month, prompting the probe, according to The Washington Post, which broke the news of the FDA report’s release.

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