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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: ASE <[FOI #26670 email]>; 
Received: Wed May 08 2024 13:47:03 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Differences between BNT162b2 and
Comirnaty®

Attn Ministry of Health,

I am seeking information regarding substantive differences between
BNT162b2 and Comirnaty®.

Both products have variously been referred to as “COVID-19 vaccines” and
“vaccine candidates”.

1- Are/were the same manufacturing processes used to manufacture
Comirnaty® and BNT162b2? Has The Ministry of Health confirmed such
information with the manufacturer/supplier?

2- What information is held by The Ministry of Health regarding
similarities and differences between the manufacturing processes of
BNT162b2 and Comirnaty®?

3- Are there any quantifiable differences between BNT162b2 and Comirnaty®,
eg regarding the use or presence of SV40 sequences, the presence of DNA,
the integrity of synthetic mRNA, the use of methyl-pseudouridine, or any
other quantifiable differences?

Thank you,
ASE

 

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Kia ora ASE,

 

Please find attached our response to your official information request.

 

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OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 
U[2]nite against COVID-19 

 

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