26 June 2024
Catherine Jamieson
[FYI request #26792 email] Tēnā koe Catherine
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00052246
Thank you for your email on 11 June 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Prior to 6 October 2021 import of Comirnaty into New Zealand was limited to that where the
active mRNA ingredient was manufactured at the following sites:-
1) Wyeth Biopharma, Division of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC
One Burtt Road, Andover Massachussetts 01810, United States of America
2) Rentschler Biopharma SE Erwin-Rentschler-Strasse 21 Laupheim 88471, Germany
3) BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH An der Goldgrube 12 Mainz 5513, Germany
For the following batches of Comirnaty please identify the site of manufacture of the active
mRNA ingredient:-
EP2163, EP9605, ER7449, ET3045, FA5833, FC3558, FC5029, FD0927, FD9234,
FE2090, FE3064, FE8163, FF2382, FF4206, FF4222, FF8871, FG0050, FG3716, FG7372,
FG9019, FH0114, FH3219, FH4091, FH4092
If the site of manufacture of final dose form for any of the above batches differs from Pfizer
Manufacturing Belgium NV Rijksweg 12, Puurs B-2870, Belgium please identify which
batches this applies to and provide identifying name and address of the respective sites.
Response
All the listed batches were manufactured in Belgium.
Please note, New Zealand did not receive batch FH4091. This was a typing error in a Health New
Zealand | Te Whatu Ora record which has been corrected to record FH4092. This batch was also
manufactured in Belgium.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Nicola Birch
Chief Advisor, Prevention
National Public Health Service
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
