Covid-19 manufacturing roundup: Stainless steel identified as foreign item in Japanese Moderna lots; DoD contract enables pipette manufacturing
After more than 1.6 million doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine were suspended last week in Japan, the country’s health ministry has identified the suspect particles and said it will not pose a larger health risk.
Findings Wednesday revealed that the metallic material inside the vials of vaccines was stainless steel, a material Moderna says does not pose additional health risks to patients. Takeda plans to recall the three affected lots of the vaccine, Moderna said Wednesday.
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