VACCINE INGREDIENTS
a representative sample
Vaccine Manufacturer Microbes Antibiotics Chemicals / Heavy Metals Animal
ByProducts 
Acel-Immune DTaP 
diphtheria - tetanus - pertussis Wyeth-Ayerst
800.934.5556 diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed
formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and
polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin
Act HIB 
Haemophilus influenza B Connaught Laboratories
800.822.2463 Haemophilus influenza Type B, polyribosylribitol phosphate
ammonium sulfate, formalin, and sucrose
Attenuvax 
measles Merck & Co., Inc.
800-672-6372 measles live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, chick
embryo 
Biavax 
rubella Merck & Co., Inc.
800-672-6372 rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, human
diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
BioThrax 
anthrax adsorbed BioPort Corporation 517.327.1500 nonencapsulated strain of
Bacillus anthracis aluminum hydroxide, benzethonium chloride, and
formaldehyde 
DPT 
diphtheria - tetanus - pertussis GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900
X 5231 diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed
formaldehyde, aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, and thimerosal washed
sheep RBCs 
Dryvax 
smallpox 
(not licensed d/t expiration) Wyeth-Ayerst
800.934.5556 live vaccinia virus, with "some microbial contaminants,"
according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate,
streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate
glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar
vesicle fluid from calf skins
Engerix-B 
recombinant hepatitis B GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900
X 5231 genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the surface
antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast aluminum hydroxide, and thimerosal
Fluvirin 
Medeva Pharmaceuticals 888.MEDEVA 716.274.5300 influenza virus neomycin,
polymyxin beta-propiolactone chick embryonic fluid
FluShield 
Wyeth-Ayerst 
800.934.5556 trivalent influenza virus, types A&B gentamicin sulphate
formadehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) chick embryonic fluid
Havrix 
hepatitis A GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900
X 5231 hepatitis A virus formalin, aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethanol, and
polysorbate 20 residual MRC5 proteins -human diploid cells from aborted
fetal tissue 
HiB Titer 
Haemophilus influenza B Wyeth-Ayerst
800.934.5556 Haemophilus influenza B, polyribosylribitol phosphate, yeast
ammonium sulfate, thimerosal, and chemically defined yeast-based medium
Imovax 
Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463 rabies virus adsorbed neomycin sulfate
phenol red indicator human albumin, human diploid cells from aborted fetal
tissue 
IPOL 
Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463 3 types of polio viruses neomycin,
streptomycin, and polymyxin B formaldehyde, and 2-phenoxyethenol continuous
line of monkey kidney cells
JE-VAX 
Japanese encephalitis Aventis Pasteur USA
800.VACCINE Nakayama-NIH strain of Japanese encephalitis virus, inactivated
formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 (Tween-80), and thimerosal mouse serum
proteins, and gelatin
LYMErix 
lyme GlaxoSmithKline
888-825-5249 recombinant protein (OspA) from the outer surface of the
spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi kanamycin aluminum hydroxide,
2-phenoxyethenol, phosphate buffered saline
MMR 
measles - mumps - rubella Merck & Co., Inc.
800.672.6372 measles, mumps, rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized
gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal
tissue 
M-R-Vax 
measles - rubella Merck & Co., Inc.
800.672.6372 measles, rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized
gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal
tissue 
Menomune 
meningococcal Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463 freeze-dried
polysaccharide antigens from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria thimerosal, and
lactose 
Meruvax I 
mumps Merck & Co., Inc.
800.672.6372 mumps live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin
NYVAC 
(new smallpox batch, not licensed) Aventis Pasteur USA
800.VACCINE highly attenuated vaccinia virus polymyxcin B sulfate,
streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate
glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar
vesicle fluid from calf skins
Orimune 
oral polio Wyeth-Ayerst
800.934.5556 3 types of polio viruses, attenuated neomycin, streptomycin
sorbitol monkey kidney cells and calf serum
Pneumovax 
Streptococcus pneumoniae Merck & Co., Inc.

800.672.6372 capsular polysaccharides from polyvalent (23 types)
pneumococcal bacteria phenol
Prevnar 
Pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine Wyeth Lederle
800.934.5556 saccharides from capsular Streptococcus pneumoniae antigens (7
serotypes) individually conjugated to diphtheria CRM 197 protein aluminum
phosphate, ammonium sulfate, soy protein, yeast
RabAvert 
rabies Chiron Behring GmbH & Company
510.655.8729 fixed-virus strain Flury LEP neomycin, chlortetracycline, and
amphotericin B potassium glutamate, and sucrose human albumin, bovine
gelatin and serum "from source countries known to be free of bovine
spongioform encephalopathy," and chicken protein
Rabies Vaccine Adsorbed
GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900
X 5231 rabies virus adsorbed beta-propiolactone, aluminum phosphate,
thimerosal, and phenol red rhesus monkey fetal lung cells
Recombivax 
recombinant hepatitis B Merck & Co., Inc.
800.672.6372 genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the
surface antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast aluminum hydroxide, and
thimerosal 
RotaShield 
oral tetravalent rotavirus (recalled) Wyeth-Ayerst
800.934.5556 1 rhesus monkey rotavirus, 3 rhesus-human reassortant live
viruses neomycin sulfate, amphotericin B potassium monophosphate, potassium
diphosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) rhesus monkey fetal
diploid cells, and bovine fetal serum
smallpox 
(not licensed due to expiration) 40-yr old stuff "found" in Swiftwater, PA
freezer Aventis Pasteur USA
800.VACCINE live vaccinia virus, with "some microbial contaminants,"
according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate,
streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate
glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar
vesicle fluid from calf skins
smallpox 
(new, not licensed) Acambis, Inc.
617.494.1339 
in partnership with Baxter BioScience highly attenuated vaccinia virus
polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride,
and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by
distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
TheraCys BCG 
(intravesicle -not licensed in US for tuberculosis) Aventis Pasteur USA
USA 800.VACCINE live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis monosodium
glutamate (MSG), and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80)
Tripedia 
diphtheria - tetanus - pertussis Aventis Pasteur USA
800.VACCINE Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Clostridium tetani toxoids and
acellular Bordetella pertussis adsorbed aluminum potassium sulfate,
formaldehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin, bovine
extract US sourced 
Typhim Vi 
typhoid Aventis Pasteur USA SA
800.VACCINE cell surface Vi polysaccharide from Salmonella typhi Ty2 strain
aspartame, phenol, and polydimethylsiloxane (silicone)
Varivax 
chickenpox Merck & Co., Inc.
800.672.6372 varicella live virus neomycin phosphate, sucrose, and
monosodium glutamate (MSG) processed gelatin, fetal bovine serum, guinea pig
embryo cells, albumin from human blood, and human diploid cells from aborted
fetal tissue 
YF-VAX 
yellow fever Aventis Pasteur USA
800.VACCINE 17D strain of yellow fever virus sorbitol chick embryo, and
gelatin