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Coronavirus Update: Storage Boost For Pfizer/BioNTech, More Positive Data For Regeneron Antibody Cocktail

 
• By Scrip Team

The approved fridge storage time for Pfizer and BioNTech's Comirnaty has been extended to a month, Regeneron's scores with low-dose REGEN-COV, an early win for GSK and CureVac's next-generation mRNA vaccine and more orders of the AstraZeneca vaccine benefits Oxford Biomedica's bank balance.  

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Storage solution for Pfizer/Biontech vaccine • Source: Alamy

The approved fridge storage time for Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE's mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty has been extended from just five days to one month, following a guidance change by the European Medicines Agency.

The previous advice from the agency stated that the vaccine had to be kept at an ultra-cold temperature, between -70C...

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