Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced that it will dispose of the 1600 vaccines it had planned to use because the power adapter of the freezer was loosely connected while inoculating the new corona vaccine in the workplace.
Chugai has begun inoculating employees with the Moderna vaccine at its headquarters in Tokyo from the 1st of this month.
According to the company's announcement, this vaccine needs to be strictly maintained in the range of 5 degrees around -20 degrees Celsius, but when the person in charge checked the temperature of the freezer on the 6th, it increased by more than 23 degrees Celsius. It means that.
Upon examination, I found that the freezer power adapter was loosely connected.
This made 1600 doses of vaccine unusable, and the company decided to dispose of the vaccine.
Chugai said, "Our company, which is a member of the healthcare industry, is about to dispose of vaccines, which are a valuable means of preventing the spread of infection. We sincerely apologize and will take necessary measures to prevent recurrence." I have commented.
Chugai is developing a therapeutic drug for the new coronavirus and applied for approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare last month.