Stalled J&J vaccine rollout poised to resume this week

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Programme awaits approval by Sahpra and university research ethics committees

The resumption of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine programme awaits approval of its updated protocol by the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority and a group of university research ethics committees before the stalled programme can restart.

“Once we have received the formal documentation, we will be able to critically evaluate it and turn it around very quickly,” said Prof Marc Blockman, chair of the human research ethics committee at the University of Cape Town’s faculty of health...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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