Rotavirus Vaccine

MANUFACTURER: Merck & Co., Inc.

PROPER NAME: ​​Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral, Pentavalent

VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Sucrose, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, sodium hydroxide,​​ polysorbate 80, cell culture media,​​ fetal bovine serum​​ [DNA from porcine circoviruses (PCV) 1 and 2 has been detected in RotaTeq. PCV-1 and PCV-2 are not known to cause disease in humans.]

Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: Vero cells, buffered stabilizer,​​ porcine-derived material.

TRADE NAME:​​ RotaTeq

Package Insert – RotaTeq

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