The "extended use dates" that Pfizer published mean that we now have 'older' drugs with expiration dates that are past the expiration dates of newer batches. They didn't just say "add 1 year to all expiration dates" they said "for these specific lot #'s, the new expiration date is: XYZ".
They only published extended dates for some lots, since they expect more recent lots to still be in date by the time the shortage is addressed.
I may have spent the better part of a day a couple weekends ago relabeling a bunch of vials with a sharpie...
They only published extended dates for some lots, since they expect more recent lots to still be in date by the time the shortage is addressed.
I may have spent the better part of a day a couple weekends ago relabeling a bunch of vials with a sharpie...