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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine under review by European Medicines Agency over blood clots
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AprApril 2021 at 12:52am
Nearly 5 million people in the United States had received J&J s vaccine as of Thursday morning.
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Europe’s drug regulator says it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Johnson & Johnson said it was aware of the rare reports of blood clots, and was working with regulators to assess the data
The US Food and Drug Administration said it was aware of the reports, but they had not found a causal relationship with vaccination
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European regulators are watching J&J s vaccine for unusual blood clots.The European Medicines Agency is investigating reports of clots in people who received J&J s vaccine. The shot has not yet been given out in Europe.
European regulators are investigating whether Johnson & Johnson s COVID-19 vaccine caused unusual blood clotting after four cases were reported in vaccine recipients, including one fatality.
The European Medicines Agency s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee disclosed Friday that they are reviewing the vaccine after three people who received J&J s vaccine in the US and another who was involved in a clinical trial developed blood clots. It s currently not clear if the vaccine caused these clots.