{"id":11010,"date":"2022-08-18T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?post_type=lsvr_notice&p=7359"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:51:57","slug":"bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming<\/h1>\n
On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised manufacturers seeking to update their COVID-19 vaccines to add an Omicron BA.4\/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a bivalent booster vaccine. Pending potential FDA Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for new bivalent COVID-19 boosters developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna in or around September 2022, CDC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will convene to discuss potential recommendations. Administration of any new bivalent COVID-19 boosters can begin only after CDC\u2019s official recommendations.

What We Know So Far:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    \n
  • Pre-ordering for both Pfizer and Moderna bivalent boosters will begin on Monday, August 22, 2022, and close Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 5pm.<\/strong><\/u>\n
      \n
    • Sites should plan to manage necessary freezer\/refrigerator space as well as inventory\/ordering to avoid waste when developing their overall fall vaccine plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • These bivalent formulas can only be used for\u00a0boosters<\/u>\u00a0for individuals who have completed their primary series.<\/li>\n
    • Bivalent boosters will include a BA.4\/5 valence specifically.<\/li>\n
    • The original Pfizer and Moderna vaccine formulas should only be used for primary series vaccinations once the bivalent products arrive.\n
        \n
      • As the cap colors\/borders will be the same for bivalent boosters and the original formulas, sites will need to be mindful of packaging\/labeling to differentiate the two products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Delivery will begin after Labor Day \u2013 date TBD.<\/li>\n
      • ACIP will meet to make official recommendations about vaccine intervals and dosing schedules.<\/li>\n
      • EUAs for these two bivalent products are not yet available.<\/li>\n
      • It is expected that at least one bivalent vaccine for children ages 11 years and younger may be authorized within a short time following the authorization(s) of bivalent vaccines for people ages 12 years and older.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Pfizer Bivalent Booster<\/strong><\/div>\n
        Age: 12+ – pending
        Ships: Ultra-cold on dry ice
        Storage: Ultra-cold – until manufacture expiration date
        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fridge \u2013 10 weeks
        Doses per vial: 6
        Cap color: Grey
        Minimum Order Quantity: 300 doses (5 boxes)

        Moderna Bivalent Booster<\/strong>
        Age: 18+ – pending
        Ships: Frozen
        Storage: Frozen \u2013 until manufacture expiration date
        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fridge \u2013 30 days
        Doses per vial: 5
        Cap color: Blue
        Minimum Order Quantity: 100 doses (2 boxes)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised manufacturers seeking to update their COVID-19 vaccines to add an Omicron BA.4\/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a bivalent booster vaccine….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"\nBivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised manufacturers seeking to update their COVID-19 vaccines to add an Omicron BA.4\/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a bivalent booster vaccine....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Philadelphia Immunization Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phillyhealth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aimee Lin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aimee Lin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aimee Lin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56396500be74072f3276f5cfae2215d9\"},\"headline\":\"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"COVID-19\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/\",\"name\":\"Philadelphia Immunization Program\",\"description\":\"Immunization Program of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Philadelphia Immunization Program\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ImmunizationProgram-Logo-White-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/ImmunizationProgram-Logo-White-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":501,\"caption\":\"Philadelphia Immunization Program\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/phillyhealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/phlpublichealth\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@phillyimmz\\\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56396500be74072f3276f5cfae2215d9\",\"name\":\"Aimee Lin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vaccines.phila.gov\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/aimee-lin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program","og_description":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised manufacturers seeking to update their COVID-19 vaccines to add an Omicron BA.4\/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a bivalent booster vaccine....","og_url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/","og_site_name":"Philadelphia Immunization Program","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phillyhealth\/","article_published_time":"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00","author":"Aimee Lin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aimee Lin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/"},"author":{"name":"Aimee Lin","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/56396500be74072f3276f5cfae2215d9"},"headline":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming","datePublished":"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/"},"wordCount":340,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#organization"},"articleSection":["COVID-19"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/","url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/","name":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming - Philadelphia Immunization Program","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-08-18T16:32:07+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T19:51:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/bivalent-pfizer-and-moderna-boosters-are-coming\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bivalent Pfizer and Moderna Boosters Are Coming"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/","name":"Philadelphia Immunization Program","description":"Immunization Program of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#organization","name":"Philadelphia Immunization Program","url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ImmunizationProgram-Logo-White-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ImmunizationProgram-Logo-White-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":501,"caption":"Philadelphia Immunization Program"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/phillyhealth\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phlpublichealth\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@phillyimmz\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/#\/schema\/person\/56396500be74072f3276f5cfae2215d9","name":"Aimee Lin","url":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/author\/aimee-lin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}