Cholesterol ingredient of Comirnaty and its half life
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Ministry of Health,
I note the Comirnaty product lists cholesterol as an ingredient in the "6.1 List of excipients"
https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datash...
1. Would you please provide the all the pharmacokinetics of the cholesterol ingredient in Comirnaty?
I request the information on how this substance gets absorbed, distributed, metabolised in, and excreted from the body.
2. What is the excretion and half-life of this particular cholesterol ingredient in the Comirnaty injections from Pfizer/BioNTech?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Erika
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 1 October 2025. You requested:
1. Would you please provide the all the pharmacokinetics of the
cholesterol ingredient in Comirnaty?
I request the information on how this substance gets absorbed,
distributed, metabolised in, and excreted from the body.
2. What is the excretion and half-life of this particular cholesterol
ingredient in the Comirnaty injections from Pfizer/BioNTech?
The reference number for your request is H2025073480. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was
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