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Report #2887056

Received Feb 26, 2026

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
Age unknown
State
MI
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Onset
Days to onset
Hospital days

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETHUNKMJ3263

Symptoms (1)

Product contamination physical

Symptom narrative

She is calling about a Prevnar 20 prefilled syringe that has white floaties and black mold inside the vaccine (No patient involved); The initial case was missing the following minimum criteria: adverse event. Upon receipt of follow-up information on 19Feb2026, this case now contains all required information to be considered valid. This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP from product quality group. This report involves pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein) (PREVNAR 20), as dose number unknown, single (Lot number: MJ3263, Expiration Date: 28Feb2027) for immunisation. The following information was reported: PRODUCT CONTAMINATION (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "She is calling about a Prevnar 20 prefilled syringe that has white floaties and black mold inside the vaccine (No patient involved)". The reporter considered "she is calling about a prevnar 20 prefilled syringe that has white floaties and black mold inside the vaccine (no patient involved)" not related to pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein). Causality for "she is calling about a prevnar 20 prefilled syringe that has white floaties and black mold inside the vaccine (no patient involved)" was determined associated to device constituent of pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein) (malfunction).; Sender's Comments: Based on the given information, the Company confirms that the event product contamination is unrelated to the suspected drug PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VAL CONJ VAC (DIPHT CRM197 PROTEIN) and most likely a product quality complaint associated to device constituent of pneumococcal 20-val conj vac (dipht CRM197 protein) (malfunction).