TOKYO – Japan’s health ministry said Thursday foreign materials were found in some portions of unused doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine and the use of around 1.63 million doses manufactured in the same production line has been suspended as a precaution.
Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the vaccine in the country, said it has yet to see any reports of safety issues. Some of the 1.63 million doses distributed to 863 vaccination centers have already been used. Continue reading “Japan halts use of 1.63 mil Moderna vaccine doses over contamination”
