Moderna Vaccine Temperature Storage

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Moderna vaccine temperature storage. Moderna says its vaccine candidate is stable at regular freezer temperature minus 20 degrees celsius for up to six months and after thawing it can last in the refrigerator for 30 days. Vaccine candidates from pfizer and moderna which has been developed using messenger rna technology requires the shots be stored at subzero temperatures. 31 2020 at 6 56 a m. Moderna spokeswoman colleen hussey said the company s vaccine candidate permits for three month storage at a much warmer temperature.

Moderna s vaccine does not appear to be as temperature sensitive as its competitor pfizer. Moderna stated its vaccine candidate remains stable at temperatures that a normal refrigerator maintains making for easier distribution and storage than the pfizer vaccine which requires. Following positive efficacy data moderna nasdaq mrna reports that its covid 19 vaccine candidate mrna 1273 remains stable at 2 to 8 c 36 to 46 f the temperature of a standard home or. Pfizer s vaccine candidates bn1162b2 and bnt162b2 require a storage temperature of minus 94 degrees fahrenheit.

Traditional vaccines are usually stored between 35 degrees fahrenheit and 46 degrees fahrenheit but some of the leading covid 19 vaccines need to be stored at much colder temperatures. Moderna exec says storage temperature a big advantage for covid 19 vaccine candidate moderna s coronavirus vaccine is 94 5 per cent effective according to company data ontario reports more than. Moderna and pfizer s covid 19 vaccine candidates require ultra low temperatures raising questions about storage distribution published. Moderna s vaccine requires a storage temperature of minus 4 degrees fahrenheit whereas pfizer s vaccine candidate requires a storage temperature of minus.