• MMR Vaccine (measles, mumps, & rubella)

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    MANUFACTURER: Merck and Co., Inc.

    PROPER NAME:​​ Measles, Mumps, and​​ Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Vitamins, amino acids,​​ fetal bovine serum, sucrose, glutamate, recombinant​​ human albumin, neomycin, sorbitol, hydrolyzed gelatin, sodium phosphate, sodium chloride.

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: Chick embryo cell culture, WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts, Medium 199 (containing vitamins, amino acids, fetal bovine serum, SPGA (sucrose, phosphate, glutamate, recombinant human albumin), neomycin, Minimum Essential Medium (containing vitamins, amino acids, fetal bovine serum, recombinant human albumin, neomycin), sorbitol, hydrolyzed gelatin stabilizer.

    TRADE NAME:​​ MMR II

    Package Insert – MMR II

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Meningococcal Vaccine (meningitis)

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    MANUFACTURER: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    PROPER NAME:​​ Meningococcal Group B Vaccine

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Polysorbate 80,​​ aluminum phosphate,​​ histidine buffered saline.

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: E. coli, defined fermentation growth media, polysorbate 80 (PS80)

    TRADE NAME:​​ Trumenba

    Package Insert – Trumenba

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Meningococcal Vaccine (meningitis)

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    MANUFACTURER: Novartis Vaccines and​​ Diagnostics, Inc.

    PROPER NAME:​​ Meningococcal Group B Vaccine

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Aluminum hydroxide, sodium chloride, histidine, sucrose, kanamycin.

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: Factor H binding protein (fHbp), Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMV), aluminum hydroxide, sodium chloride, histidine, sucrose, Escherichia coli (E. coli), deoxycholate.

    TRADE NAME:​​ Bexsero

    Package Insert – Bexsero

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Meningococcal Vaccine (meningitis)

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    MANUFACTURER: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.

    PROPER NAME:​​ Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y, and W-135) Oligosaccharide Diphtheria CRM197 Conjugate​​ Vaccine.

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): aluminum hydroxide, sodium chloride, benzethonium chloride,​​ formaldehyde,​​ 83kDa protective antigen (PA) protein

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: Amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts and sugars

    TRADE NAME:​​ Menveo

    Package Insert – Menveo

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Meningococcal Vaccine (meningitis)

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    MANUFACTURER: Sanofi Pasteur Inc.

    PROPER NAME:​​ Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y, and W-135) Oligosaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine.

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution,​​ formaldehyde, diphtheria toxoid.

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: Mueller Hinton agar, Watson Scherp media (containing​​ casamino acid), formaldehyde, ammonium sulfate, modified culture medium (containing hydrolyzed casein)

    TRADE NAME:​​ Menactra

    Package Insert – Menactra

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

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    MANUFACTURER: Valneva Austria GmbH

    PROPER NAME:​​ Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine, Inactivated, Adsorbed

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Aluminum hydroxide, protamine sulfate,​​ formaldehyde,​​ bovine serum albumin,​​ Vero cell DNA, sodium metabisulphite,​​ Vero cell protein.

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product:

    Vero cells, protamine sulfate, formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide.

    TRADE NAME:​​ Ixiaro

    Package Insert – Ixiaro

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Influenza Vaccine (flu)

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    MANUFACTURER: MedImmune, LLC

    PROPER NAME:​​ Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal

    VACCINE INGREDIENTS (not in order of quantity; see package insert for quantities): Monosodium glutamate,​​ hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, arginine, sucrose, dibasic potassium phosphate, monobasic potassium phosphate,​​ ovalbumin, gentamicin​​ sulfate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

    Substances used to create and grow the vaccine, which may or may not appear in the final product: SPF (specific pathogen-free) eggs, stabilizing buffer, sucrose,​​ and potassium phosphate.

    TRADE NAME:​​ Fluzone (Quadrivalent)

    Package Insert – Fluzone (Quadrivalent)

    Vaccine Ingredients

  • Electronic Support for Public Health–Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (ESP:VAERS)

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    The purpose of this study was to create a reliable, automated electronic support system that would improve the detection of vaccine adverse events. To test out the system, the group of researchers from Harvard, collected data from 715,000 patients and 1.4 million doses from 45 different vaccines were administered to 376,452 individuals.

    Please read the document below to find out the result.