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J&J's Covid-19 vaccine reviewed by EU regulator after blood clots

One of the cases following J&J vaccinations happened during a clinical trial.

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Though J&J’s vaccine is approved in the EU, its rollout in the bloc isn’t expected to start until later this month.

Naomi Kresge | Bloomberg
The European Union’s drug regulator has started a review to assess blood clots in people who received Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine.
 
Four serious cases of unusual clots accompanied by low blood platelets, one of which was fatal, have emerged after immunisation with the J&J shot, the European Medicines Agency said Friday. The move turns the regulator’s scrutiny onto a second Covid shot, after AstraZeneca’s vaccine was possibly linked to a rare blood-clotting disorder.
 
J&J is working with regulators to assess data on the rare clots, and “at present, no clear causal relationship has been established” with the

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