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State Roundup: U.S. Rep. Raskin spars with Emergent CEO over contaminated vaccines The State House lobby has been closed to visitors during the pandemic but reopens Friday. Governor's Office photo RASKIN SPARS WITH EMERGENT CHIEF IN CONTENTIOUS HEARING: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sparred with the president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-based biotech company Emergent BioSolutions at a congressional hearing on Wednesday over decisions the company made both before and after it was forced to destroy millions of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured at its Baltimore facility due to issues related to cr...

House Panel Details Baltimore Vaccine Plant Problems By Ralph Ellis May 20, 2021 -- Emergent BioSolutions was warned repeatedly of problems at the Baltimore factory where 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were contaminated, documents released Wednesday by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis showed. “These warnings came in internal inspections as well as inspections and audits by FDA, Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca,” the report said. “The inspections found that Emergent’s Bayview facility had persistent problems with mold, poor di...

Pressure to reform and rebuild the nation’s emergency medical supply stockpile is mounting after shortages early in the coronavirus pandemic.

By The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The head of the World Trade Organization says it’s paramount to diversify vaccine manufacturing and develop production in Africa and Latin America to contain the coronavirus pandemic. On the eve of a global health summit in Rome, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told European Union legislators on Thursday that normal market forces for exports and imports can’t apply when it comes to the life-or-death issue of COVID-19 vaccines. Many of the world’s wealthiest nations were hoarding the shots for their own population. She...

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.