STAT+: Pharmalittle: J&J Covid-19 vaccine production is behind schedule; Slaoui resigns from Operation Warp Speed

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) expects to release results from its Covid-19 vaccine trial in as little as two weeks, but unanticipated manufacturing delays will prevent the vaccine from getting out the door and into arms until April, The New York Times reports. Federal officials have been told that the company has fallen as much as two months behind the original production schedule and will not catch up until the end of April, when it was supposed to have delivered more than 60 million doses of the single-shot vaccine.

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