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FDA extends shelf life of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Published 06/10/2021, 11:29 AM
Updated 06/10/2021, 11:43 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the shelf life of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from three months to four-and-a-half months, as millions of unused doses nationwide near expiration.

Safety concerns about J&J (NYSE:JNJ)'s shot and flagging demand for vaccinations have left close to half of the 21 million doses the company has produced for the United States sitting unused.

The health regulator's decision was based on data from ongoing studies, which demonstrated that the vaccine is stable at 4.5 months when refrigerated at temperatures of 36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (2 to 8 degrees Celsius), the drugmaker said.

Reuters reported on Monday (NASDAQ:MNDY) that at least 13 lots of J&J shots have expiration dates of June 27 or earlier. It is not clear how many doses that reflects. J&J has another 100 million doses on hand but shipment timing is uncertain.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading,

A top White House official on Tuesday urged state governors to work with the FDA to extend the shelf life of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine.

J&J said vaccine providers should visit its website to check expiration dates of vaccines currently available in the country.

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Doesn't really matter if it works anyway, the CDC just manipulated how they count cases in vaccinated people to make it look like they work even if they do nothing at all.
Can see for yourself, May 1 2021 CDC reduced false positives in vaccinated people only by limiting PCR cycles and they stopped counting mild/asymptomatic cases only in vaccinated people. Even if vaccines did nothing at all it would still look like they work since they are just manipulating data. Not saying they do not work, but they are hiding the risks of the vaccines from the public and inflating the efficacy numbers. On top of it, now there are more resistant variant strains emerging and the vaccines do not even last for a year.
Can see for yourself, May 1 2021 CDC reduced false positives in vaccinated people only by limiting PCR cycles and they stopped counting mild/asymptomatic cases only in vaccinated people. Even if vaccines did nothing at all it would still look like they work since they are just manipulating data. Not saying they do not work, but they are hiding the risks of the vaccines from the public and inflating the efficacy numbers. On top of it, now they say the vaccines do not even last for  year before you need more shots.
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