The Johnson & Johnson shot is seen as a critical vaccine for poorer countries, but late last year the company paused production at the only plant making usable batches of the vaccine.
The pause is said to be temporary. The Leiden plant is expected to restart production of the COVID-19 vaccine next month. The company has said that it has millions of COVID-19 doses in inventory, though it’s unclear whether the pause has affected vaccine supplies.
The interruption could reduce the supply of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine by a few hundred million doses, one of the sources told the newspaper, since the doses made from renewed production won’t likely ship until May or June. Other facilities have been hired to produce the vaccine but aren’t running yet or haven’t received regulatory approval to ship doses for packaging.
The pause has surprised officials at two main recipients of the Johnson & Johnson shots -- the African Union and Covax, the organization that coordinates COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries.
Poorer countries rely on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine because it doesn’t require ultracold refrigeration. The vaccine is also less expensive than others and easy to provide to hard-to-reach populations. “In many low- and middle-income countries, our vaccine is the most important and sometimes only option,” Penny Heaton, MD, a Johnson & Johnson executive, said in December“We have a global vaccine, and the world is depending on us,” she said.Johnson & Johnson: “Penny Heaton, MD, Global Therapeutic Area Head, Vaccines, Janssen Research & Development, LLC.”
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