Freedom of Information request on the COVID-19 vaccinations and Gene Therapy (FOI 22/500)
Published 31 May 2022
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FOI 22/500
2nd March 2022
Dear
Thank you for your email.
While mRNA vaccines use genetic code, they are not gene therapies. Further information can be found at this link: Why mRNA vaccines aren’t gene therapies - Genomics Education Programme (hee.nhs.uk)
The product names for the three Covid vaccines are Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech), Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Spikevax (Moderna). This information is in the public domain.
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