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. 2018 Jun 28;14(8):1874–1882. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1460297

Table 1.

Available seasonal influenza vaccines in the EU/EEA (2015–16 season).

Manufacturer Name of product* Vaccine type Adjuvant Administration route Produced in Age recommended
Mylan
  • Trivalent:

  • Influvac

  • Imuvac

Inactivated None Intramuscular Egg From 6 months
AstraZeneca
  • Quadrivalent:

  • Fluenz tetra

  • (Flumist quadrivalent)

Live attenuated None Intranasal Egg From 24 months to 17 years
GlaxoSmithKline
  • Trivalent:

  • Fluarix**

  • Alpharix

  • Influsplit

  • Quadrivalent:

  • Fluarix Tetra

  • Alpharix Tetra

  • Influsplit Tetra

Inactivated/ split None
  • Trivalent:

  • Intramuscular or subcutaneous

  • Quadrivalent: Intramuscular

Egg
  • Trivalent:

  • From 6 months

  • Quadrivalent: From 3 years

Seqirus
  • Trivalent:

  • Agrippal

  • Fluvirin

  • Optaflu

  • Fluad

Inactivated /subunit
  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Squalene (MF59)

Intramuscular or subcutaneous
Intramuscular
  • Egg

  • Egg

  • Cell

  • Egg

  • From 6 months

  • From 4 years

  • From 18 years

  • From 65 years

Omninvest Trivalent: Fluval AB Inactivated Aluminium phosphate gel Intramuscular Cell From 6 months
Pfizer/ CSL Australia
  • Trivalent:

  • Afluria***

  • Enzira

Inactivated/Split None Intramuscular Egg From 5 years
Sanofi Pasteur
  • Trivalent:

  • Vaxigrip**

  • Intanza 9µg 

  • Intanza 15µg

  • Inactivated

  • Inactivated

  • Inactivated

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Intramuscular

  • Intradermal

  • Intradermal

  • Egg

  • Egg

  • Egg

  • From 6 months

  • From 18-59 years

  • From 60 yrs

*

The same product may be sold under different names

**

Split virion by Triton X-100 and formaldehyde inactivated

***

Beta-propriolactone-inactivated and taurodeoxycholate split virion vaccine.

Overview of available seasonal influenza vaccines in the EU/EEA (2015–16 season).87 (modified)