The world is running out of sand – and it could mean a shortage of glass vials for Covid vaccines 

 The world is facing a growing sand shortage, though, with less than 1,000 sand and gravel mines across the US, experts warn.  After water, sand is the world’s most consumed raw material — used to make glass, concrete, asphalt and even silicon microchips. The construction industry alone uses up to 50 billion tons of sand … Read more

FDA says Moderna can fill its vials with 40% more COVID-19 vaccine

FDA says Moderna can fill its vials with 40% more COVID-19 vaccine to increase the number of doses in each from 10 to 14 and ease production bottlenecks FDA regulators told Moderna it can fill its vials with 40% more vaccine on Friday It comes after Moderna asked regulators to allow more overfill to ease … Read more

Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb defends firm’s decision to ship fewer vials of COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb defends decision to ship up to 7 million fewer vials of its COVID-19 vaccines to account for extra doses as ‘the only way’ to distribute them now without waiting for regulatory approval Pharmacists discovered after Pfizer Inc sent out its coronavirus vaccine than an extra sixth dose can be extracted … Read more

FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine contain extra doses

FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine contain extra doses that could be given to 6.86 million Americans by Christmas Pharmacists across the U.S. have discovered vials of Pfizer’s coronavirus shot contain up to 40% more vaccine than expected Many vials have enough of the scarce vaccine to give six or seven doses, instead of the … Read more