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. 2015 Jul 24;10(9):1329–1344. doi: 10.1002/biot.201400387

Table 1.

Examples of vaccines manufactured using animal cells

Vaccine type Description Cells Status Ref.
Live/Attenuated Oral polio vaccine (OPV) – Attenuated vaccine produced by the passage of the virus through non‐human cells Vero Licensed [119]
RotaTeq® – Pentavalent vaccine containing (five) live attenuated reassortant rotaviruses Vero Licensed [120]
Varilix® – Lyophilized preparation of attenuated virus derived from the Oka strain, vaccine against varicella MRC5 Licensed [121]
smallpox vaccine ACAM2000 – Attenuated vaccinia‐based smallpox vaccine Vero Licensed [122]
Inactivated Imovax® – Monovalent vaccine containing inactivated rabies MRC5 Licensed [123]
Havrix® – Inactivated hepatitis A vaccine with formaldehyde MRC5 Licensed [124]
Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) – Trivalent inactivated poliovirus Vero Licensed [125]
Optaflu® –Trivalent cell culture‐derived influenza vaccine MDCK Licensed [90]
Subunit Protein Flublok® –Recombinant trivalent hemagglutinin (rHA) vaccine produced in insect cell culture using BEVs expresSF+ Licensed [22]
Glycoprotein B – recombinant truncated secreted form of gB CHO Phase II [126]
DEN1‐80E – Adjuvanted recombinant envelope protein vaccine to protect against dengue virus Drosophila S2 Phase I [127]
Subunit VLP GenHevacB® – Vaccine agents hepatitis B composed of PreS1 and preS2 of HBV S‐antigen assembled into HBV‐like particles CHO Licensed [9]
Cervarix® – Vaccine against HPV infection composed of HPV L1 capsid protein from HPV16 and HPV18 assembled into a HPV‐like particle High5 Licensed [11]
NCT01596725 – Influenza backbone (M1 structural protein) displaying HA and NA of influenza H1N1 Sf9 Phase I [128]
Subunit Vectored Vaccine Ad26.ENVA.01 – Ad26 vector for the expression of a modified HIV env glycoprotein (gp140HIV‐1Clade A) HER.96 Phase II [129]
ChimeriVAX® – Chimeric YF17D/DEN vaccine against dengue using an attenuated yellow fever virus as a vector coding for PrM and E genes from dengue Vero Phase III [130]
AVX601 – Vaccine against HCMV it uses alphavirus as vector for the expression of HCMV gB/pp65/IE1 Vero Phase I [131]