Merck's plant gets European nod to make JnJ Covid-19 vaccine

Published On 2021-10-08 10:51 GMT   |   Update On 2021-10-08 10:51 GMT

New Delhi: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday it had approved U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc's manufacturing site in West Point, Pennsylvania to make Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.Earlier this year, Merck agreed to make its rival's shot, after scrapping two of its own experimental COVID-19 vaccines.Also Read:JnJ plans to seek USFDA authorization for booster shot...

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New Delhi: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday it had approved U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc's manufacturing site in West Point, Pennsylvania to make Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

Earlier this year, Merck agreed to make its rival's shot, after scrapping two of its own experimental COVID-19 vaccines.

Also Read:JnJ plans to seek USFDA authorization for booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine

The U.S. government at that time invoked the Defense Production Act to help equip two Merck plants to make the J&J vaccine.


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