That s because these vaccine candidates have to be kept ultra cold minus 112 degrees fahrenheit cold.
Cold storage companies for vaccines.
Several developers including frontrunner moderna are experimenting with new ways to mitigate the extreme cold storage demands of their vaccines which at present need to be kept at minus 80.
Pharma logistics providers have long experience in cold chain management generally keeping pharmaceuticals at 2 8 c during storage and shipment.
Pfizer the multinational pharmaceutical company may be the first in the united states to seek regulatory approval for a covid 19 vaccine but even if its vaccine is authorized the company may.
Moderna spokeswoman colleen hussey said the company s vaccine candidate permits for three month storage at a much warmer temperature.
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In 2021 experts expect companies will produce around 9 billion covid 19 vaccines and the cold chain must be able to handle this huge increase on top of the vaccines that must be distributed.
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Is building two giant freezer farms capable of super cooling millions of vials of a covid 19 vaccine preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at.
This could pose a problem for storage and the supply chain.
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80 c or even 180 c requiring liquid.
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Moderna and pfizer s covid 19 vaccine candidates require ultra low temperatures raising questions about storage distribution published.
The push in recent years for cellular and genetic therapies which can involve live cells has created a growing need for so called deep frozen storage.