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. 2020 Nov 20;890:173741. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173741

Table 1.

Lead vaccine candidates in clinical trials.

Types of Vaccine
(NonReplicating Viral Vector) Nucleic Acid Inactivated Protein Subunit Others
ChAdOx1-S (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored Vaccine Oxford 1 encoding S protein)
University of Oxford/AstraZeneca
Phase III
mRNA-1273
LNP encapsulated mRNA
Moderna/NIAID
Phase III
Wuhan Institute of Biological Products/Sinopharm
Phase III
NVX-CoV2373
Nanoparticle-based SARS CoV-2 spike protein vaccine with adjuvant
Novavax
Phase IIb
Plant-based- viral particle (VPL)
Medicago and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Phase I
Adenovirus Type 5 Vector
CanSino Biological Inc./Beijing Institute of Biotechnology
Phase III
BNT162
LNP-mRNAs
BioNTech/Fosun Pharma/Pfizer
Phase III
Beijing Institute of Biological Products/Sinopharm
Phase III
S-Trimer subunit vaccine candidate (SCB-2019)
Dynavax Technologies Corporation, and Clover Biopharmaceuticals, a China
Phase I
Replicating Measles based Vector
Institute Pasteur/Themis/Univ. of Pittsburg CVR/Merck Sharp & Dohme
Phase I
Gam-COVID-Vac
Adeno Vector
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia
Phase III
DNA plasmid vaccine with electroporation
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Phase I/II
Inactivated + Alum
Sinovac
Phase III
COVAX-19 recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein + polysaccharide-based adjuvant platform, Advax
Vaxine, Australia and Medytox, South Korea
Phase I
Intranasal flu-based-RBD
Replicating vector
Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy/Xiamen University
Phase I
Ad26COVS1
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
Phase III
LNP-nCoVsaRNA saRNA
Imperial College London
Phase I
Inactivated
Institute of Medical Biology and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Phase I/II
Adjuvanted recombinant protein (RBD-Dimer)
Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical/Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Phase II
RBD-HBsAg VLPs (Virus like Particle)
SpyBiotech and Serum Institute of India
Phase I/II
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Rep of Kazakhstan
Phase I/II
CVnCoV mRNA
CureVac
Phase II
COVAXIN
Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research
Phase I/II
KBP-201
RBD-Based
Kentucky BioProcessing, Inc.
Phase I/II
Adenoviral Vector based vaccine
ReiThera (Rome)/LEUKOCARE (Munich)/Univercells (Brussels)
Phase I
DNA Plasmid Vaccine
Zydus Cadila Healthcare Limited, India
Phase I/II
Inactivated SARS-CoV-2
Beijing Minhai Biotechnology Co., Ltd., China.
Phase I
Adjuvanted recombinant protein-based vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur/GSK
Phase I/II
VXA-CoV2-1
Ad5 adjuvanted Oral Vaccine platform
Vaxart
Phase I
GX-19
DNA Vaccine
Genexine
Phase I/IIa
Spike protein with MF59 adjuvant stabilized with molecular clamp
University of Queensland/CSL/Seqirus
Phase I
MVA-SARS-2-S
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
German Center for Infection Research
Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
Phase I
DNA Plasmid + Adjuvant
Takara Bio Inc., Japan with Osaka University and AnGes, Japan
Phase I/II
S–2P protein + CpG 1018
Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp + NIAID + Dynavax
Phase I
Ad5-nCoV
CanSino Biological Inc/Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Military
Medical Sciences, PLA of China
Phase I
Arcovax mRNA
People's Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences, Suzhou Abogen Biosciences and Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Phase I
Receptor Binding Domain + Adjuvant
Instituto Finlay de Vacunas, Cuba
Phase I
ARCT-021 mRNA-based
Arcturus TherapeuticsInc.
Phase I/II
Peptide
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo
Phase I
Receptor Binding Domain
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Phase I
SARS-CoV-2 HLA-DR peptides
University Hospital Tuebingen
Phase I
UB-612
S1-RBD-protein
COVAXX
Phase I