This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Safety data on Comirnaty vaccine for 5-11 yr olds containing Tris buffer'.


 
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Steph Williams 
By email:   [FYI request #18097 email] 
Ref:   
H202200100 
 
Dear Steph 
Response to your request for official information 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 4 January 2022 
for information relating to safety data from human trials for people aged 5-11 years for the 
Comirnaty formula. You specifically requested: 
“Can you please provide the safety data from human trials (trials in which the humans were 
5-11 years of age) for the COMIRNATY formula containing the Tris buffer which is to be 
administered to 5-11 year olds in New Zealand.  
 
To be clear, I am NOT requesting safety data from the COMIRNATY formula containing the 
PBS buffer.” 

The information that you have requested in is publicly available at the following link: 
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2116298. 
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions 
made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: 
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602. 
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the 
Ministry website at: www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
 
Yours sincerely  
 
 
Chris James 
Group Manager 
Medsafe