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FDA: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Doesn t Need Ultra-Cold Freezer Storage

FDA: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Doesn’t Need Ultra-Cold Freezer Storage Time 2/26/2021 © MediaNews Group/Daily Local News/Getty Images When Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine became the first authorized for use in the U.S., the good news came with a catch: the vaccine, the first of its kind using a new mRNA-based technology, needs to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures (-80°C to -60°C) until thawing just before being injected into people’s arms. State health centers, hospitals and other potential vaccination sites scrambled to acquire special freezers that could reach these deep-freeze temperatures, and Pfizer developed a special shipping container that could keep doses appropriately chilled for up to a month as long as the container was continuously supplied with dry ice. Still, the temperature requirement meant some locations opted not to order the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

How a COVID vaccine is made: the step-by-step journey of a Pfizer dose

A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses Making a vaccine against the coronavirus is a complicated, months-long process. Pfizer is working to get it done faster. It still takes time. Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY Published 5:00 pm UTC Feb. 8, 2021 On the evening of March 20, 2020, Chaz Calitri was getting ready to start in on his family s Friday night pizza-making tradition when his boss called. The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had decided to make a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the new disease caused by the novel coronavirus spreading with frightening speed in the U.S. The factory Calitri ran in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would play a key role in getting it made.

How a COVID vaccine is made: the step-by-step journey of a Pfizer dose

How a COVID vaccine is made: the step-by-step journey of a Pfizer dose
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A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses

A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY © Veronica Bravo Vaccine production On the evening of March 20, 2020, Chaz Calitri was getting ready to start in on his family s Friday night pizza-making tradition when his boss called. The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had decided to make a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the new disease caused by the novel coronavirus spreading with frightening speed in the U.S. The factory Calitri ran in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would play a key role in getting it made. I was really excited, he told USA TODAY. I ve been working in pharmaceutical manufacturing for almost 40 years and I ve never been on a project like this.

The COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses

A COVID-19 vaccine life cycle: from DNA to doses Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY © Veronica Bravo Vaccine production On the evening of March 20, 2020, Chaz Calitri was getting ready to start in on his family s Friday night pizza-making tradition when his boss called. The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had decided to make a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the new disease caused by the novel coronavirus spreading with frightening speed in the U.S. The factory Calitri ran in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would play a key role in getting it made. I was really excited, he told USA TODAY. I ve been working in pharmaceutical manufacturing for almost 40 years and I ve never been on a project like this.

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