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. 2012 Oct 29;9(1):13–25. doi: 10.4161/hv.22060

Table 1. Potential vaccines against substances of abuse.

Drug / Vaccine Construction of the vaccine Company
Opiates (morphine/heroin)
-
Ester-linked morphine tetanus toxoid;
Conjugate with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)
-
Methamphetamine
-
Various conjugates with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) or outer membrane protein complex (OMPC) (e.g., KLH-S-Meth, OMPC-S-Meths)
-
Cocaine
TA-CD
Conjugate with deactivated cholera toxin B subunit protein combined with human adjuvant alum
Celtic Pharmaceuticals
Nicotine
NicVAX
3-AmNic-rEPA (3′-aminomethylnicotine Pseudomonas aeruginosa r-exoprotein A)
GlaxoSmithKline/Nabi Biopharmaceuticals
TA-NIC
Nicotine butyric acid covalently linked to recombinant cholera toxin B
Celtic Pharmaceuticals
NIC002
Recombinantly produced virus-like protein
Cytos Biotechnology/Novartis
Niccine
N/A
Independent Pharmaceutica
SEL-068 Synthetically engineered nanoparticle Selecta Biosciences Inc.