Moderna Vaccine Pfizer

Moderna s chief medical officer explains why their vaccine is better moderna was the first company to enter clinical trials.

Moderna vaccine pfizer. Amid breaking reports monday morning that moderna s coronavirus vaccine candidate reached 94 5 effective according to a company announcement many are comparing the vaccine to pfizer s. Moderna s announcement may temper those fears although since pfizer s vaccine doses will be urgently needed as well it doesn t mean that ultra cold storage is no longer an issue. Moderna s vaccine can be stored in a normal freezer while astrazeneca s can be stored in a regular refrigerator. Taxpayers to develop manufacture and distribute its vaccine.

Pfizer s vaccine poses a logistical problem. While pfizer biontech has been promised just under 2 billion for manufacturing and. It is expected to reveal the results of its recent comprehensive trial. Just a week after pfizer announced its vaccine american biotechnology company moderna has found that their experimental vaccine is 94 5 effective in preventing covid 19.

Once again pfizer s vaccine poses a unique challenge. Now both pfizer and moderna are testing their separate vaccine candidates that use messenger rna or mrna to trigger the immune system to produce protective antibodies without using actual bits. Moderna has received nearly 2 5 billion from u s. The results from pfizer and now moderna gives me a great deal of encouragement said dr.

Buddy creech director of the vaccine research program at vanderbilt university medical center. Of course it is still difficult to know yet about long term side effects. Pfizer biontech and moderna both announced in november that their vaccine candidates against the novel coronavirus have shown promising results so far in phase 3 clinical trials. It has to be stored at 94 f which is an obscenely cold temperature that requires specialized freezers.