FDA grants emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine to 1 injection of Johnson & Johnson

“The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best method of medical prevention of COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed more than half a million lives in the United States Said Janet, acting commissioner of the FDA. Woodcock said in a statement. “The FDA, through our open and transparent scientific review process, has now cleared three COVID-19 vaccines with the urgency required during this pandemic, using the agency’s rigorous standards for safety, efficacy and build quality necessary to support emergency use authorization.