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\nJohnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its coronavirus vaccine trial after a trial participant contracted an \u201cunexplained illness,\u201d the company said, though offered few additional details about the setback.
\nThe pharma firm\u2019s 60,000-patient vaccine study was paused due to an adverse reaction in a volunteer, J&J confirmed to Stat News on Monday, citing privacy concerns while declining to outline the patient\u2019s symptoms. \u201cWe must respect this participant\u2019s privacy. We\u2019re also learning more about this participant\u2019s illness, and it\u2019s important to have all the facts before we share additional information,\u201d the company said in a statement.
\nWhile J&J said it had ordered a study pause, it clarified that the FDA has not yet placed the trial on clinical hold, which would entail a longer delay in the testing process.
\nJ&J\u2019s vaccine candidate is not the only one thought to be linked to adverse effects in trial volunteers, as AstraZeneca\u2019s inoculation has also resulted in unexplained symptoms in two participants, at least one of which developed a \u201crare neurological condition\u201d following her second dose, prompting the company to pause testing for a safety review. Though the second patient\u2019s symptoms have not been disclosed, an unnamed source familiar with the trial told the New York Times they exhibited the same illness as the first, a condition known as transverse myelitis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TLTP NEW BRUNSWICK Johnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its coronavirus vaccine trial after a trial participant contracted an \u201cunexplained illness,\u201d the company said, though offered few additional details about the setback. The pharma firm\u2019s 60,000-patient vaccine study was paused due to an adverse reaction in a volunteer, J&J confirmed to Stat News on Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n