More manufacturing woes add to J&J's vaccine worries

20 April 2021
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It has been a difficult period for Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) coronavirus vaccine, with the US regulator ordering shutting a manufacturing facility owned by Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS).

Operations at the site have been shut down pending completion of an inspection, “and remediation of any resulting findings,”  a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sets out.

The setback comes just days after use of J&J’s vaccine was  paused in the USA, while regulators investigate a possible link with a rare kind of blood clot.

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