FDA authorizes Moderna to permit more vaccine doses in each vial

FDA adjusts Moderna authorization to permit more vaccine doses in The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adjusted Moderna’s emergency use authorization on Thursday to permit more COVID-19 vaccine doses in each vial — a move expected to speed up deliveries and Justine Coleman TheHill

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adjusted Moderna’s emergency use authorization on Thursday to permit more COVID-19 vaccine doses in each vial — a move expected to speed up deliveries and shipments. 

The FDA announced late Thursday that it will allow Moderna to include up to 50 percent more extractable doses in its vials in an amendment to its authorization. The increase would permit Moderna to put up to 15 doses per vial, instead of the previous 10 doses per vial. 

The federal agency also boosted the maximum number of doses allowed to be extracted from the already existing 10-dose vials to 11 doses, noting that the extra dose may only be available depending on the syringes and needles used. 

In an updated fact sheet, the agency also said certain syringes and needles may not be able to produce more than 13 doses from the new vials. 

“Both of these revisions positively impact the supply of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, which will help provide more vaccine doses to communities and allow shots to get into arms more quickly,” Peter Marks, the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a release. ...