Why Africa’s Covid vax plant failed to take off
Last year, South African drug maker Aspen Pharmacare signed a deal with US drug maker Johnson & Johnson to produce the Covid vaccine.
Last year, South African drug maker Aspen Pharmacare signed a deal with US drug maker Johnson & Johnson to produce the Covid vaccine.
The pause means the online enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical trial while the independent patient safety committee is convened.
J&J already faces over 15,000 lawsuits from consumers claiming their baby talc caused ovarian cancer.
India is a major market for J&J globally, and its share in the country's Rs. 4,000-crore baby care market is nearly three-fourths.
According to the ICIJ, 80 per cent of the countries in the world have no publicly available data about device safety issues.
