Takeda and IDT Support Manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Monday, March 15, 2021 5:35PM IST (12:05PM GMT)
− Takeda will make manufacturing capacity available at IDT’s facilities in Germany
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
(TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced a mutual agreement with IDT Biologika GmbH (“IDT”), a contract development and manufacturing organization, to utilize capacity at IDT previously reserved for Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate (TAK-003) to manufacture the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. At the end of a three-month period, the capacity will be returned to Takeda to resume critical manufacturing for the planned launch of its dengue vaccine, subject to regulatory approvals.