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HEARING ON RUINED DOSES: U.S. House lawmakers Wednesday grilled executives of a Maryland biotechnology company that received a $628 million federal contract to manufacture vaccines but ruined nearly 15 million potential doses. To date, Emergent BioSolutions has not produced a single vaccine dose at its Baltimore manufacturing plant that U.S. regulators have cleared for use, although it has received $271 million of its contract. The 15 million potential doses that the company threw out after th...

Lawmakers Grill Vaccine Factory Executives About Manufacturing Mistakes at 1:15 pm NPR As Emergent BioSolutions Baltimore factory was throwing away unfinished COVID-19 vaccine doses and struggling to pass muster with the Food and Drug Administration, the company awarded at least $3 million in bonuses to a handful of executives, according to documents released by a congressional subcommittee Wednesday. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis grilled executives ...

1 of 40 An Indian nurse prepares to administer a dose of Covishield, Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca vaccine to a woman as others wait their turn in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. India has the second-highest coronavirus caseload after the U.S. with more than 25 million confirmed infections. Aijaz Rahi Medical personnel wearing protective gear, guide people at a rapid coronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to leve...

Not one usable vaccine so far out of Baltimore plant with multi-million-dollar federal contract By Laura Olson Angry U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday had one key question as they grilled executives of a Maryland biotech manufacturer forced to dump 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine: Has there been one usable vaccine dose produced as a result of the $271 million paid to date by the U.S. government? The answer is no, Emergent BioSolutions chief executive officer Robert Kr...

The Latest: EU signs Pfizer vaccine contract for 1.8B doses Sign In The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17FILE - In this Friday, April 23, 2021 file photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium. The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwans worst outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic grew Thursday, with a...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's worst outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic grew Thursday, with a worrisome 63 new cases not having a clear connection to existing cases.

Philippines Wont Disclose COVID Shot Brand Until Appointment, to Overcome Preferences On 5/20/21 at 12:25 PM EDT Philippine officials will not disclose the brands of COVID-19 vaccine being administered at vaccination sites until the persons appointment in order to "overcome" preferences for Western vaccines. The decision to withhold brand information came after large crowds arrived this week at immunization sites offering newly received doses of the Western Pfizer vaccine in the cities of Para�...

Channel3000.com May 20, 2021 9:57 AM By The Associated Press Posted: Updated: Hiro Komae People wearing face masks walk across the famed Shibuya crossing in Tokyo on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Vincent Yu Visitors pass an artwork titled "Martyr, 2019" created by British artist Damien Hirst at Art Basel in Hong Kong Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Art Basel, one of the worlds most prestigious modern and contemporary art exhibitions, is returning to Hong Kong in its ninth edition. The prestige art...

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