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. 2018 Oct 10;3:51. doi: 10.1038/s41541-018-0089-x

Table 1.

Type of adjuvant and aluminum content of aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines licensed for use in the United States (Information accessed on FDA website on May 24, 2018 (https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm093833.htm))

Vaccine Tradename Manufacturer Adjuvant Dose (Al3+)
Anthrax BioThrax® Emergent Biosolutions AH 1.2 mg
Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
DTaP Daptacel® Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
Infanrix® GSK AH ≤0.625 mg
DTaP, Hepatitis B, polio Pediarix® GSK AH ≤0.85 mg
DTaP, polio Kinrix® GSK AH ≤0.6 mg
Quadracel® Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
DTaP, polio, Hib Pentacel® Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
Hib PedVaxHIB® Merck AAHS 0.225 mg
Hepatitis A Havrix® GSK AH 0.5 mg (adult)
0.25 mg (pediatric)
VAQTA® Merck AAHS 0.45 mg (adult)
0.225 mg (pediatric)
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Twinrix® GSK AH and AP 0.45 mg
Hepatitis B Engerix GSK AH 0.5 mg (adult)
0.25 mg (pediatric)
Recombivax HB® Merck AAHS 0.5 mg (adult)
0.25 mg (pediatric)
Human papilloma virus Cervarix® GSK AH 0.5 mg (plus 50 µg MPLA)
Gardasil® Merck AAHS 0.225 mg
Gardasil-9® Merck AAHS 0.5 mg
Meningococcus B Bexsero® GSK AH 0.519 mg
Trumenba® Pfizer AP 0.25 mg
Pneumococcus Prevnar 13® Pfizer AP 0.125 mg
Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids, Adsorbed Tenivac® MassBiologics AP ≤0.53 mg
Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
TdaP Adacel® Sanofi-Pasteur AP 0.33 mg
Boostrix® GSK AH ≤0.39 mg

DTaP diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, acellular pertussis, Hib Haemophilus influenzae B, TdaP tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis, AH aluminum hydroxide adjuvant, AP aluminum phosphate adjuvant, AAHS amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate