Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said Friday that it has submitted for Emergency Use Listing to the World Health Organization or WHO for the investigational single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The company said that the Emergency Use Listing process expedites access to products in many countries around the world and is also a prerequisite to supply vaccines to the new COVAX Facility, a global mechanism for pooled procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in 190 participating countries, including 92 lower-income countries.
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