Last year, Japanese officials ordered Moderna to recall multiple batches of its COVID-19 vaccinations after an examination discovered stainless steel contamination in certain vials. Again, now Moderna recalls 764,900 COVID-19 vaccine doses after a contamination was found.
Moderna Inc., a pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm based in the United States, initiated a withdrawal for 764,900 dosages of its COVID-19 vaccine "Spikevax" in Europe on Friday after contaminants were identified in a vial.
Across a joint statement (read below), Moderna and Spain's ROVI Pharma Industrial Services reported that “the lot is being recalled due to a foreign body being found in one vial in the lot manufactured at the company’s contract manufacturing site, ROVI."
The pharmaceutical did not say exactly what sort extraneous substance was discovered, but said the entire batch had been withdrawn out of "an abundance of caution."
The contamination was found in only one vial of the lot, and exp...