Pfizer has identified fake Covid-19 vaccines from Mexico and Poland.
According to US media, Pfizer has confirmed that suspected doses of its coronavirus vaccine that were seized in Mexico and Poland were indeed fake. These vaccines were being sold for as much as $1,000 a shot.
As per the reports at a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus doses of the drug, which appeared to have been physically harmless, though offering no protection against Covid-19. The vials found in Mexico was stored in in beer coolers and were initially identified by fabricated lot numbers and expiration dates.
Meanwhile, the liquid in the confiscated vials in Poland was a cosmetic substance, thought to be anti-wrinkle cream, the company said.
In March, the World Health Organization also warned of "falsified" Pfizer vaccines found in Mexico and warned that the shots "may still be in circulation in the region."
Pfizer tested the fake vaccines and found they did not contain the two-shot vaccine it developed with BioNTech.
According to US media, Pfizer has confirmed that suspected doses of its coronavirus vaccine that were seized in Mexico and Poland were indeed fake. These vaccines were being sold for as much as $1,000 a shot.
As per the reports at a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus doses of the drug, which appeared to have been physically harmless, though offering no protection against Covid-19. The vials found in Mexico was stored in in beer coolers and were initially identified by fabricated lot numbers and expiration dates.
Meanwhile, the liquid in the confiscated vials in Poland was a cosmetic substance, thought to be anti-wrinkle cream, the company said.
In March, the World Health Organization also warned of "falsified" Pfizer vaccines found in Mexico and warned that the shots "may still be in circulation in the region."
Pfizer tested the fake vaccines and found they did not contain the two-shot vaccine it developed with BioNTech.
