Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine gets emergency use authorization in Colombia
In addition to being a one-dose vaccine, the J&J vaccine has less demanding storage needs than some other approved vaccine, Aldana said.;
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Bogota: Colombia has approved emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, the director of food and drug regulator INVIMA said as part of a government address on Thursday.
The approved vaccine is developed by Janssen, the pharmaceutical wing of Johnson & Johnson.
"In its capacity as regulator, INVIMA has authorized the emergency use of the vaccine from the pharmaceutical company Janssen, of the multinational Johnson & Johnson," INVIMA director Julio Cesar Aldana said during the government's nightly broadcast.
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