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According to the FDA, Moderna can fill its vials with 40% more COVID-19 vaccine to increase the number of doses from 10 to 14 and eliminate production bottlenecks
- FDA regulators told Moderna that they can fill their vials with 40% more vaccine on Friday
- It comes after Moderna asked regulators to allow more overfilling to remove production bottlenecks caused by limited vials being able to be filled at a time
- Vials used to hold 10 doses, but now contain up to 14
- Pfizer received FDA approval to label its vials for six doses instead of five vaccines. An overdose worth an additional dose was found
- More doses in Moderna’s vial could increase US supply by about 20%
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