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Science breakdown of Covid-19 vaccines: FOI release

Published
2021-08-12
Received
2021-08-07
Responded
2021-08-11
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1)

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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