The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has notified us of the extension of the expiration dates of Pfizer vaccines and Moderna vaccines. Vaccine expiry dates have been extended as follows:
In addition, the vaccine sticker affixed to the certificate of vaccination (temporary) at the time of vaccination may print the expiration date before the extension, but the expiration date of the vaccine has been extended, so it is not the expiration date that you can vaccinate. Please be assured that it is.
Expiration date of Pfizer vaccine
The shelf life of Pfizer vaccines has been extended through regulatory procedures as follows:
Please see the PDF below for the extended expiration date of vaccines that have already printed expiration dates.
| Vaccine/change date | 2021 September 10th |
2022 April 22nd |
2022 August 19th |
2022 December 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For 12 years and over, 1 value: Shelf life of origin strain | 6 months → 9 months | 9 months → 12 months | 12 months → 15 months | - |
| For ages 12 and up, bivalent: shelf life of origin strain/Omicron strain | - | - | - | 12 months → 18 months |
| Validity period for 5-11 years old | - | 9 months → 12 months | - | 12 months → 18 months |
| Validity period for 6 months to 4 years | - | - | - | 12 months → 18 months |
About expiration date of vaccine (for 12 years or older) made by Pfizer (PDF: 1,896KB)
About expiration date of vaccine (for 5-11 years old) made by Pfizer (PDF: 1,896KB)
About expiration date of vaccine (for six months - 4 years old) made by Pfizer (PDF: 1,896KB)
About the expiration date of the Moderna vaccine
The shelf life of Moderna vaccines has been extended through regulatory approval as follows:
Please see the PDF below for the extended expiration date of vaccines that have already printed expiration dates.
| Vaccine/change date | 2021 July 16th |
2021 November 12th |
|---|---|---|
| Effective period of moderna vaccine | 6 months → 7 months | 7 months → 9 months |
About expiration date of vaccine made in Moderna (PDF: 1,896KB)
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