Waterford Pharma CEO confident Ireland will have cold-storage capacity for Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 must be stored and distributed at -70°C

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech recently announced that its vaccine is 95% effective, but concerns have been raised regarding large scale distribution of the vaccine due to its specific storage requirements.

The CEO of a Waterford pharmaceutical firm has said he is confident there will be no storage concerns in Ireland if the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is approved.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech recently announced that its vaccine is 95% effective, but concerns have been raised regarding large scale distribution of the vaccine due to its specific storage requirements which require it to be stored and distributed at -70°C.