Johnson & Johnson CEO: Our Covid-19 Vaccine Will Keep You From Getting ‘Very, Very Sick’

Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine against Covid-19 will keep patients from getting sick and hospitalized as a critical option for patients around the world, the company’s CEO said Tuesday.

In an interview Tuesday at CNBC’s ‘Healthy Returns’ spotlight event, Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Alex Gorsky said the vaccine will be able to used by everyone around the world. Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Biotech unit submitted the vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week for an emergency use authorization that could be granted by the agency by the end of this month.