- The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has found evidence that an additional 135M COVID-19 vaccine doses from a troubled Emergent BioSolutions ( NYSE: EBS ) were trashed.
- This brings the total number of destroyed doses to more than 525M.
- A committee news release said the 135M doses manufactured between August 2021 and February 2022 were destroyed after the company said it had addressed deficiencies .
- A staff report released on May from committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said that Emergent ( EBS ) executives hid evidence of contamination at the plant .
- In June, Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) terminated a contract with Emergent for production of its COVID vaccine over its "failure to supply Covid-19 vaccine drug substance."
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Additional 135M COVID-19 vaccine doses destroyed at Emergent BioSolutions Baltimore plant