Panasonic's ultracold carrier holds COVID vaccines at minus 70 C

Storage units can keep Pfizer's doses at right temperature for 18 days

Panasonic's cold storage containers can hold either 8 or 23 liters worth of vaccines. (Photo courtesy of Panasonic)

KENTO HIRASHIMA, Nikkei staff writer

January 23, 2021 01:32 JST

OSAKA -- Panasonic has developed portable containers capable of storing Pfizer coronavirus vaccines safely at the prescribed temperature of minus 70 C.

The carriers, which come in 8- and 23-liter sizes, will be supplied to pharmaceutical and logistics companies on a pilot basis through March. Panasonic looks to put the containers on the wider market in the spring.