FDA vaccine advisers recommend authorization of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/26/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-recommendation-vrbpac/index.html
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has informed the sponsor that it will rapidly work toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization. The agency has also notified our federal partners involved in vaccine allocation and distribution so they can execute their plans for timely vaccine distribution," they said in a joint statement after the vote.
The vaccine will become the third authorized for use in the United States. It will be the first one-shot vaccine, and one that can be stored in regular refrigerators, making it easier to distribute than the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, which are more delicate and require two doses.
..........Janssen's vaccine uses a common cold virus called adenovirus 26. It has been genetically engineered so that it cannot replicate in the body. Instead, it infects a few cells in the arm when injected, carrying the genetic code for a small part of the coronavirus. Those cells then produce material that looks like pieces of the virus to the immune system, stimulating an immune response.
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What happens next
If the FDA issues an EUA, it could come as soon as Friday night. It's up to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide whether the vaccine should actually be given to Americans. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has scheduled a meeting for Sunday to take up the question. ACIP will vote on Sunday afternoon on whether the CDC should OK the vaccine's distribution and may also designate priority groups.
The CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, will then give the final go-ahead.
The US federal government says it's ready to distribute about 4 million doses of the vaccine immediately.