Company responsible for ruining some of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has series of citations

[left-of-center2012]

The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard an unknown amount of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems.

Emergent BioSolutons, a little-known company at the center of the vaccine supply chain, was a key to Johnson & Johnson’s plan to deliver 100 million doses of its vaccine to the U.S. by the end of May.

But the company has been cited repeatedly by the Food and Drug Administration for problems such as poorly trained employees, cracked vials and mold around one of its facilities, according to records obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act. The records cover inspections at Emergent facilities since 2017.

https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/04/company-responsible-for-ruining-some-of-the-johnson-johnson-vaccine-has-series-of-citations.html

[Chautauquas]

1. A little-known company that's been cited repeatedly

is at the center of the vaccine supply chain? J and J couldn't find a better company? What the hell?

[left-of-center2012]

2. I guess they were cheap

[MineralMan]

3. There aren't that many companies competing for the job.

That's my guess. It's a very, very specialized sort of industry.

That's always a problem for such situations.