Moderna Vaccine Temperature
Moderna coronavirus vaccine is 94 effective early data suggests.
Moderna vaccine temperature. The vaccine candidate stays stable up to 12 hours at room temperature. The moderna vaccine can be stored and transported at warmer temperatures compared to the pfizer drug. Both moderna and pfizer are using a new technology in which messenger rna the molecule that carries genetic instructions. 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 says its vaccine can be safely stored in freezers at about 25 degrees fahrenheit minus 4 degrees celsius a temperature easily reached by a home refrigerator freezer. But these vaccines which use strands of genetic material known as mrna also have some stringent temperature requirements. In addition the vaccine also remained stable for 12 hours at room temperature. At room temperature the mrna 1273 drug is stable for up to 12 hours.
Moderna s vaccine requires long term storage at minus 20 degrees. Moderna and pfizer s covid 19 vaccine candidates require ultra low temperatures raising questions about storage. Later the company announced that the drug could also be stored at 36 degrees to 46 degrees fahrenheit for up to 30 days. The biotech firm said its candidate named mrna 1273 could be stored at fridge temperature for 30 days.
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.