An advisory panel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously Sunday to recommend the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine as the government federal is preparing to ship millions of doses this week.
Once CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky accepts the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the federal government will be able to begin shipping doses to sites across the country.
The ACIP met in an emergency session to review data on the vaccine, which on Saturday became the third vaccine to receive an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Walensky said Friday that she would be “prepared to review” the ACIP recommendation and be “ready to sign.”
“We are on the brink of having another vaccine in our toolkits, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Like many of you, I am excited about the news that another safe and effective vaccine option could arrive as soon as next week, ”she said Friday. “Having a safe and effective additional vaccine will help protect more people faster.”
J&J Vice President of Medical Affairs Dr. Richard Nettles told lawmakers Tuesday that the company is prepared to ship nearly 4 million doses as soon as it receives authorization for emergency use. He added that the company expects to be able to provide 20 million doses by the end of March.
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The introduction of the J&J dose could be a boon for the US vaccine supply. While the new vaccine showed signs of being less effective in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the J&J injection was 100% effective in preventing death and hospitalizations caused by Covid. -19 in clinical trials.
The level of protection of the J&J vaccine against COVID-19 in the trials varied by region, according to FDA documents released Wednesday. Approximately one month after inoculation, the injection demonstrated an efficacy of 72% in the US, 61% in Latin America and 64% in South Africa, where the B.1.351 variant is spreading rapidly.
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