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Table 1.

Licensed monovalent hepatitis A virus vaccines manufactured in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China

Vaccine type HAV strain Trade namea Adjuvant Administration (dosage) Manufacturer(s)
Route Pediatric Adult
Formaldehyde-inactivated HM-175 HAVRIX Alum hydroxide i.m. 720 EU 1440 EU GlaxoSmikthKline Biologicals
Formaldehyde-inactivated CR-326 VAQTA Alum hydroxide i.m. 25 U 50 U MerckVaccines
Formaldehyde-inactivated GBM AVAXIM Alum hydroxide i.m. 80 U 160 U Sanofi-Pasteur
Formaldehyde-inactivated RG-SB EPAXALb Virosome i.m. 24 U 24 U Crucell/Berna Biotech
Formaldehyde-inactivated TZ-84 Healive Alum hydroxide i.m. 250 U 500 U Sinovac Biotech
Formaldehyde-inactivated, freeze-dried KRM003 Aimugen Alum-free i.m. 0.5 µg 0.5 µg Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Japan; Kaketsuken
Formaldehyde-inactivated Lv-8 Weisairuian Alum hydroxide i.m. 320 EU 640 EU Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Formaldehyde-inactivated YN-5 Veraxim Alum hydroxide i.m. 800 EU 1600 EU Shanghai Wilson Bioengineering
Live attenuated, freeze-dried H2 Weisairuiji Biovac-A Mevac-A None s.c. 6.5 log10 CCID50 Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Zhejiang Pukang Biotechnology; Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences
Live attenuated, freeze-dried LA-1 HAVAC None s.c. 6.5 log10 CCID50 Changchun Institute of Biological Products; Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences

Data modified and updated from Shouval (2010) and Cui et al. (2014).

Limited information is available for Hep-A-in-Vac: an inactivated HAV vaccine manufactured in Russia (Gorbunov et al. 1998).

i.m., intramuscular; s.c., subcutaneous.

a Some vaccine preparations are sold under multiple brand names in different countries.

b EPAXAL manufacture was discontinued in 2014.