04-01-2021, 06:13 PM
sekker wrote:
Hard to bring new technologies to market and at scale. Glad they admitted the issue.
The company that was producing the precursors, Emergent BioSolutions, has been cited by the FDA numerous times in recent years for manufacturing problems, including plant contamination and "for failing to train employees 'in the particular operations they perform as part of their function and current good manufacturing practices.'"
This is also a bloody nose for Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD), who trumpeted Emergent's role in producing the J&J vaccine earlier in the year. His legacy on the pandemic and vaccine rollout has been pretty tarnished already, and this is another mark on his spotty record.