Coronavirus COVID-19
FDA extends expiration date on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, saving doses from destruction
Elizabeth Weise
USA TODAY
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday extended the expiration date on hundreds of thousands of doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine that otherwise would have expired within the next month, requiring them to be discarded.
The FDA authorization extends the shelf life for the J&J vaccines from three months to four-and-a-half months, the company said in a news release.