Open vial of Covaxin stable at 2-8°C for up to 28 days: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad: Explaining its 28 days open vial policy, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Monday stated that healthcare workers do not have to worry about opening Covaxin’s vial and its wastage. This means that an open Covaxin vial can be used up to 28 days post opening and would not go waste if there are no people immediately available for vaccination.
“Opened vial of Covaxin can be stored at 2-8°C for up to 28 days and not required to be discarded immediately in a day or at the end of immunisation session,” Bharat Biotech said.
The company added, the multi-dose vial policy saves money for procurement agencies by reducing the cold chain logistics and management, thereby reducing the carbon footprint, costs related to open vial wastage, cold chain distribution & storage and biomedical waste disposal.
“Most importantly, we believe in being environmentally friendly by reducing the quantum of packing materials and single-use plastics that are utilised in vaccine manufacturing, storage, distribution and disposal,” the vaccine maker stated.
Covaxin is approved for use under the 28-day multi-dose vial policy from Drugs Controller General of India and the WHO Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL). The CDSCO has recently approved the extension of Covaxin shelf life up to 12 months from the date of manufacture. This approval of shelf-life extension is based on the availability of additional stability data, which was submitted to CDSCO.
With the shelf-life extension, hospitals can now utilise the stock, which was nearing the expiry and avoid vaccine wastage.
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