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Efficacy Rate of
Common
Doses and against severe Storage Rare adverse
Name Company/developer Platform side
intended interval symptomatic COVID- requirements effects
effects
COVID-19* 19
BNT162b2 ¶ Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA 2 doses 3 weeks 95% 1 in Ultracold freezer Local Anaphylaxis
apart vaccine (–80 to –60°C) injection (approximately 5
group then freezer (– site per million)
(n≈18,000) 25 to –15°C) for reactions
9 in up to 2 weeks Systemic
placebo cumulative time symptoms
group then refrigerated (fevers,
(n≈18,000) (2 to 8°C) for up chills,
to 5 days fatigue,
myalgias,
headache)
mRNA-1273 ¶ Moderna mRNA 2 doses 4 weeks 94% 0 in Freezer (–25 to Local Anaphylaxis
apart vaccine –15°C) then injection (approximately 2.8
group refrigerated (2 to site per million)
(n≈14,000) 8°C) for up to 30 reactions
30 in days Systemic
placebo symptoms
group (fevers,
(n≈14,000) chills,
fatigue,
myalgias,
headache)
Ad26.COV2.S ¶ Janssen/Johnson & Replication- 1 dose 66% efficacy 85% Refrigerated (2 Local Very rare
Johnson incompetent against efficacy to 8°C) injection thrombotic
adenovirus moderate to against site complications
26 vector severe COVID- severe reactions associated with
19 Δ COVID- Systemic thrombocytopenia:
19 Δ symptoms Cerebral
(fevers, venous sinus
chills, thrombosis (6
fatigue, of ≈
myalgias, 6.8 million)
headache)