Science breakdown of Covid-19 vaccines: FOI release

Information requested

I would like Scotlands science breakdown of the experimental potions through microscope?? What are the ingredients?

Response

By "experimental potion" I have taken this to mean "COVID-19 vaccines".

All of the information you have requested is available from Pharmacy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and is broken down by each vaccine that has been approved. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

For ease of access, I will list the ingredients for each vaccine approved in the UK below. For each of these, this is in addition to the active medical component, which differs from vaccine to vaccine, and is listed under the "Methods of action" section of the documentation under pharmaceutical properties.

Pfizer

• ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2-hexyldecanoate) (ALC-0315)
• 2 [(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide (ALC-0159)
• 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC)
• Cholesterol
• Potassium chloride
• Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
• Sodium chloride
• Disodium phosphate dihydrate
• Sucrose
• Water for injections

Vaxzevria ( previously called AstraZeneca)

• L-Histidine
• L-Histidine hydrochloride monohydrate
• Magnesium chloride hexahydrate
• Polysorbate 80 (E 433)
• Ethanol
• Sucrose
• Sodium chloride
• Disodium edetate dihydrate
• Water for injections

Moderna
This vaccine contains polyethylene glycol/macrogol (PEG) as part of PEG2000-DMG.

• Lipid SM-102
• Cholesterol
• 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC)
• 1,2-Dimyristoyl-rac-glycero-3-methoxypolyethylene glycol-2000 (PEG2000-DMG)
• Trometamol
• Trometamol hydrochloride
• Acetic acid
• Sodium acetate trihydrate
• Sucrose
• Water for injections

Janssen

• 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HBCD)
• Citric acid monohydrate
• Ethanol
• Hydrochloric acid
• Polysorbate 80
• Sodium chloride
• Sodium hydroxide
• Trisodium citrate dihydrate
• Water for injections

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