Expert explains how Pfizer s new advice for storing COVID-19 vaccine could impact shelf life
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) Pfizer now says its COVID vaccine can be stored in regular lab freezers instead of the ultra-cold freezers being used right now. In addition, a new study finds that a single dose of the vaccine is 85 percent effective.
Deepak Sisodiya is Stanford s Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services, he believes this temperature change will expedite the distribution process.
But could this also have a negative impact on the vaccine efficacy?
Sisodiya says this change in temperature will effectively impact the Pfizer vaccine shelf-life.