New names for Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines

[MikePal]

Health Canada has approved brand names for Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is now Comirnaty
The Moderna vaccine will go by SpikeVax
The AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria.

Oh and they are fully approved now:

Pfizer and Moderna say the change marks the full approval of the vaccines by Health Canada, which were previously approved under an interim order that was set to expire today.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/vacci...nada-1.6178484

[MarkB]

Like, couldn't Pfizer and AZ have picked easier names to pronounce??