Were the chips clogging the needles? Moderna recalls thousands of COVID vaccine doses in Europe from Strange Sounds
Moderna Inc said on Friday [April 8] it was recalling 764,900 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine made by its contract manufacturer Rovi after a vial was found contaminated by a foreign body.
No safety issues have been identified, Moderna said about the lots that were distributed in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden in January.
The drugmaker said the contamination was found in just one vial, and it was recalling the whole lot out of “an abundance of caution”. It did not disclose what was found in the vial.
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Japanese authorities last year suspended the use of some doses of the vaccine, which Moderna later recalled, after an investigation found stainless steel contaminants in some vials.
“Stainless steel is routinely used in heart valves, joint replacements and metal sutures and staples. As such, it is not expected that injection of the particles identified in these lots in Japan would result in increased medical risk,” Takeda and Moderna said in a joint statement.
[GNN Note – So…let me make sure I understand correctly. Moderna believes that since stainless steel is used in medical instruments – and those instruments are designed to remain whole and intact – since this is the case with other stainless steel items that makes floating pieces of scrap stainless steel in a vaccine acceptable! WOW! How do these people sleep at night?]
Over 900 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have been administered worldwide to date.
Moderna said on Friday it did not believe the contamination posed a risk to other vials in the lot. [Reuters]
The drugmaker said the contamination was found in just one vial, and it was recalling the whole lot out of “an abundance of caution”. It did not disclose what was found in the vial.
Japanese authorities last year suspended the use of some doses of the vaccine, which Moderna later recalled, after an investigation found stainless steel contaminants in some vials.
