Washington Examiner

FDA greenlights Pfizer vaccine to be stored at normal freezer temperatures, instead of ultra-cold

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed to allow Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be temporarily stored in normal freezer temperatures, relieving a constraint that has made it hard for some ...
New Atlas

Pfizer reduces ultra-cold requirements for its COVID-19 vaccine

New data submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from Pfizer claims its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is stable for longer periods at warmer temperatures than previously thought. The new ...
The Hill

FDA allowing longer refrigerator storage for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled to allow longer storage of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines in typical refrigerator temperatures on Wednesday, in a decision expected to boost ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine may not require ultra-cold freezers, data suggests

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Pfizer and BioNTech say their vaccine can be stored in common pharmaceutical refrigerators and freezers for up to two weeks. The companies submitted findings to the U.S. Food ...
The News-Times

New Milford is trying to expand COVID vaccine distribution, but can’t without a new freezer

NEW MILFORD — The town has been waiting for two months for word about its back-ordered Pfizer freezer. But the latest update suggested it could be late May or early June before the high-demand ...
The Hill

FDA approves storing Pfizer vaccine at standard freezer temperature

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved storing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at standard freezer temperatures, helping ease storage requirements that could make delivery of the ...
Yahoo

FDA: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Doesn’t Need Ultra-Cold Freezer Storage

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 ...
ABC7

324 people in Riverside County received Pfizer COVID vaccine frozen longer than recommended

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- More than 300 people who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine recently in Riverside County may not be as fully protected from the virus as they thought. That's because those ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Dry ice and freezer farms: Challenges of storing a COVID-19 vaccine

News this week from Pfizer that early data shows its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective is promising and providing hope. But now, experts are looking at the next big challenge: How to safely distribute ...
Nasdaq

Pfizer and BioNTech Submit COVID-19 Vaccine Stability Data at Standard Freezer Temperature to the U.S. FDA

NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY, February 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the submission of new data to the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Reuters

With scant power or freezers, Pfizer vaccine brings little cheer to coronavirus-hit India

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite hopes raised by Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, it will take huge efforts for India to defeat the coronavirus, with its 1.3 billion population and ...