Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine - January 15, 2021

[sharon sanders]

Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine


by: JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press

Posted: Jan 15, 2021 / 09:20 AM EST / Updated: Jan 15, 2021 / 10:34 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion doses per year.

“This temporary reduction will affect all European countries,” a spokeswoman for Pfizer Denmark said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Line Fedders said that to meet the new 2 billion dose target, Pfizer is upscaling production at its plant in Puurs, Belgium, which “presupposes adaptation of facilities and processes at the factory which requires new quality tests and approvals from the authorities.”


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Canada will experience 'temporary' delays with Pfizer shipments: Anand
Rachel Aiello
Ottawa News Bureau Online Producer
Published Friday, January 15, 2021 9:51AM EST Last Updated Friday, January 15, 2021 12:57PM EST

OTTAWA -- Canada will be experiencing a “temporary” delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant’s expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced Friday.

While she did not specify how severe of a setback this will be to Canada’s short-term COVID-19 vaccination schedule, she said all nations who are receiving vaccines from this Pfizer facility will be receiving fewer doses.

Anand said that shipments will continue in the coming weeks, but the amount of doses in them will be lessened.

“It is a temporary reduction, it's not a stoppage… We will make up those doses,” Anand said...