A SIGNAL OF MYOCARDITIS / PERICARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PFIZER-BIONTECH’S COVID-19 VACCINE, COMIRNATY (BNT162B2)

A SIGNAL OF MYOCARDITIS / PERICARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PFIZER-BIONTECH’S COVID-19 VACCINE, COMIRNATY (BNT162B2)

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to inform you of a signal of myocarditis / pericarditis associated with Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty® (BNT162b2). The Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty® Vaccine was approved by SAHPRA in March 2021. The authorisation was done in terms of Section 21 of the Medicines and Related Substance Act, (Act 101 of 1965) as amended, a mechanism in the Medicines Act that enables emergency use access subject to certain conditions

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Unit: Pharmacovigilance