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Robert Kramer, the chief executive of embattled contract drug manufacturer Emergent Biosolutions, said Thursday he takes full responsibility for the error at his company s Baltimore plant that ruined millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus vaccine.
But the CEO pushed back against what he called unfair criticism of Emergent, describing the vaccine manufacturing task the company took on as Herculean. Working with the U.S. government, Emergent had agreed to produce the drug substance for J&J s vaccine as well as one from AstraZeneca at the Baltimore site, known as Bayview.
Last month, cross contamination between a component of AstraZeneca s vaccine and a batch of drug substance for Johnson & Johnson s shot forced Emergent to discard as much as 15 million doses worth of material. Kramer confirmed the specific nature of the error Thursday, contradicting a claim he made earlier this month that there was no cross-contamination between the two vaccines. In
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The Cadiz-Trigg County County community is remembering Mrs. Juanita Oates who passed away January 25 in Washington, DC.
Mrs. Oates taught school for 36 years. She began teaching in Georgia and taught for a number of years in Trigg County.
After her retirement from teaching, Mrs. Oates began a career of public service. She was the first African-American elected to Cadiz City Council. She served on the city council for 20-years. Mrs. Oates was well-respected by the mayors and council members she served with.
Mrs. Oates also served 18 1/2 years on the Trigg County Hospital Board. She also an active member of Second Baptist Church.