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Booster dose of Covid shot prompts strong response: J&J

The company says second dose produced increased antibody response in adults from age 18 to 55

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A health worker holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in July. Pic/AFP

A health worker holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in July. Pic/AFP

Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. J&J said in statement Tuesday that it ran two early studies in people previously given its vaccine and found that a second dose produced an increased antibody response in adults from age 18 to 55. The study’s results haven’t yet been peer-reviewed.

“A booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine further increases antibody responses among study participants who had previously received our vaccine,” said Dr Mathai Mammen, global head of research and development at J&J.  The company is in talks with regulators including the US Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and others regarding using booster doses of its vaccine.

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