EMA approves extraction of six doses of Pfizer vaccine from five-dose vials
Certain hospitals in Ireland have managed to extract seven doses from Pfizer-BioNtech vials
The European Medicines Agency has approved the extraction of six doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine from vials that were originally intended to have just five doses, potentially adding over a million additional vaccine doses to Ireland’s supply over the coming months.
The news comes as the European Commission secured another 300 million pre-ordered doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine for member states. This will bring the total volume of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines secured for...
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