Janssen Vaccine

• N.S. offering unvaccinated health staff a one-dose Janssen COVID-19 shot

  In a move to increase vaccine uptake, the province is offering all healthcare workers the opportunity to receive the one-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

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  Nov 29, 2021
  
• Single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine available in Sask. beginning Wednesday

  The Saskatchewan government announced Tuesday that a supply of the one-dose J&J COVID-19 shot will be administered through multiple SHA clinics on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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  Nov 16, 2021
  
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• Federal funding to aid expansion of Hamilton-based lab studying vaccine-related blood clots

  During the pandemic, the McMaster Platelet Immunology Laboratory (MPIL) has been studying VITT – an affliction identified in some COVID-19 vaccine recipients.

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  Nov 10, 2021
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• Johnson & Johnson eyes US$2.5B in COVID-19 vaccine sales despite Q3 slide

  Johnson & Johnson said it recorded US$766 million in sales of the shot in the first nine months of 2021, and would need sales to triple in the fourth quarter to meet its target.

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  Oct 19, 2021
• Canada to donate 10M J&J COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries

  The donation brings Canada’s total donations to the COVAX facility to over 40 million doses, making Canada one of the leading countries in COVID-19 vaccine donation per capita.

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  Aug 12, 2021
• Johnson & Johnson says its COVID-19 vaccine strong against Delta variant in new study

  The healthcare company said that its vaccine was 85 per cent effective and could also help prevent hospitalization and death against the highly transmissible strain.

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  Jul 1, 2021
• Canada to keep holding back J&J COVID-19 vaccines until U.S. lab probe is complete

  Health Canada has quarantined 300,000 doses of the vaccine that were delivered in late April, pending a review to determine they weren't tainted at a U.S. manufacturing facility.

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  May 21, 2021
• Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s 1-shot COVID-19 vaccine

  The vaccine adds to Canada's growing arsenal, becoming the fourth official COVID-19 vaccine to get Health Canada's seal of approval.

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  Mar 5, 2021
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• Janssen to begin final stage trials of coronavirus candidate in the U.K.

  The Jannsen vaccine is among the six experimental coronavirus vaccines that Britain has ordered as part of a planned 350 million-dose stockpile.

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  Nov 16, 2020