COVID Vaccine

Pfizer team evaluates higher shipping temperature for COVID vaccine

Graphic image with a vaccine vial on one side, FedEx aircraft on the other

The drugmakers behind the COVID-19 vaccine approved Wednesday by United Kingdom authorities are studying whether it can be transported at higher temperatures than minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 Celsius), which would ease logistics challenges for getting people immunized, BioNTech CEO Ugar Sahin said. 

In an interview on CNN shortly after the U.K. became the first Western nation to approve public use of the vaccine from U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and German partner...

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Pfizer COVID Vaccine Ready To Roll Out After Emergency Authorization

  • The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week.
  • The U.K. government says frontline health care workers and nursing home residents will be first in line to get vaccinated, followed by older adults.
  • This 95 percent effectiveness rate brings the experimental candidate on par with the likes of shingles and measles vaccines.

Britain became the first country in the world to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German...

https://mfame.guru/pfizer-covid-vaccine-ready-to-roll-out-after-emergency-authorization/

AirBridge Cargo transports first shipment of Chinese COVID vaccine

A 747 jumbo cargo plane gets loaded with large coolers containing pharmaceutical products.

Russian freighter operator AirBridgeCargo has delivered its first shipment of China’s COVID-19 vaccine under the logistics guidance of UPS Marken (NYSE: UPS), the clinical supply chain subsidiary of UPS Healthcare.

AirBridgeCargo, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, said Monday it transported 6,000 doses of the Ad5-nCoV vaccine made by CanSino Biologics from Beijing to an undisclosed destination for use in clinical trials in various countries. The vaccine is stable at temperature ranges between 35.6...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airbridge-cargo-transports-first-shipment-of-chinese-covid-vaccine

The Daily Dash: Truck drivers could be among the first for a COVID vaccine

Truck drivers could be among first to get covid vaccine

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, truck drivers could be among the first Americans to get a COVID vaccine. Plus, UPS has a dry ice solution for vaccine transport, and Werner continues to roll out new technology.

First in line

Truck drivers and other transportation workers deemed “essential” by the U.S. government could be among the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if supplies are limited.

John Gallagher explains who will make the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-truck-drivers-could-be-among-the-first-for-a-covid-vaccine

Solving the dry ice challenge for COVID vaccine

A UPS worker shovels dry ice into containers.

Express delivery and logistics giant UPS (NYSE: UPS) on Tuesday said it has invested in machines to produce dry ice for transport and storage of frozen COVID-19 vaccines, while Switzerland-based SkyCell revealed a new ultracold container that enables larger vaccine shipments by air because less dry ice is required.

The new investments come as governments and industry are racing to prepare for a massive logistics campaign to distribute billions of vaccine doses around the world, with early...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/solving-the-dry-ice-challenge-for-covid-vaccine

The Process Of Approving A COVID Vaccine

News about potential vaccines have been encouraging – but when will they be ready? There has been lots of news about potential vaccines – but do we know when any will be delivered?

No. There are serious hurdles to be overcome first, and they are important to ensure the potential vaccine is safe, reports The Guardian.

Who will grant the licenses?

There are regulatory bodies all over the world but the main ones for these vaccines are the Food and Drug Administration in the US, the European Medicines...

https://mfame.guru/the-process-of-approving-a-covid-vaccine/

Going Once! Going Twice! Another COVID Vaccine Cracks the Deal

Now, there are two covid vaccines that are effective, that’s how the Pulitzer award winning Science magazine reported Moderna’s covid vaccine triumph just after the Pfizer Vaccine results. 

What is it?

Another COVID-19 vaccine using the same previously unproven technology as the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, the U.S. and German companies that reported success on 9 November, appears to work remarkably well. And this time, the maker, U.S. biotech Moderna, is releasing a bit more data to back...

https://mfame.guru/going-once-going-twice-another-covid-vaccine-cracks-the-deal/

COVID Vaccine & Biden – Mix Bag of Effects for Shipping

analyst on vaccine

The stock market soared on Monday in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and Pfizer’s vaccine announcement. Both news bombshells will affect ocean shipping — with myriad consequences for the container and tanker sectors. The market puzzle is getting ever more complicated, writes Greg Miller, Freight Waves Senior Editor in an article published on their website.

Low-case stimulus scenario for containers

Federal stimulus has had an enormous effect on consumer spending power, and...

https://mfame.guru/covid-vaccine-biden-mix-bag-of-effects-for-shipping/

[Watch] How Scientists Develop COVID Vaccine in the Lab

According to an Outlook India article, a team of covid vaccines researchers have put up how they work for the vaccine in a series of tweets.

With Covid-19 having claimed more than 1.2 million lives globally, scientists and researchers around the globe are working round the clock to find a vaccine for the ongoing pandemic. Recently, a team of scientists have documented their work on coronavirus vaccines and posted it on social media platforms.

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