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. 2021 Apr 15;9(6):2135–2138. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.03.053

Table I.

Select vaccines containing polysorbate excipients

Polysorbate Vaccine name Vaccine type Total mg per dose
Polysorbate 20 Havrix (adult) HepA 0.050
Polysorbate 20 Flublok Influenza 0.028
Polysorbate 20 Flublok Quad Influenza 0.028
Polysorbate 20 Havrix (child) HepA 0.025
Polysorbate 20 Sanofi SARS-CoV-2 Unknown
Polysorbate 20 Twinrix HepA + HepB Not specified
Polysorbate 80 Flucelvax Quad Influenza ≤1.50
Polysorbate 80 Fluad Influenza 1.18
Polysorbate 80 Flulaval Quad Influenza ≤0.887
Polysorbate 80 Fluarix Quad Influenza ≤0.55
Polysorbate 80 Jansen COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 0.16
Polysorbate 80 Boostrix Tdap ≤0.10
Polysorbate 80 Infanrix DTaP ≤0.10
Polysorbate 80 Kinrix DTaP + IPV ≤0.10
Polysorbate 80 Pediarix DTaP + HepB + IPV ≤0.10
Polysorbate 80 Prevnar 13 Pneumococcal 13-valent ≤0.10
Polysorbate 80 Shingrix Zoster 0.080
Polysorbate 80 Gardasil HPV 0.050
Polysorbate 80 Gardasil 9 HPV 0.050
Polysorbate 80 Heplisav-B HepB 0.050
Polysorbate 80 Vaxelis Dtap-IPV-Hib-HepB ≤0.030
Polysorbate 80 Trumenba Meningococcal Group B 0.018
Polysorbate 80
Polysorbate 80
AstraZeneca
Sanofi
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2AS03 adjuvant
≤0.007 mg
4.86 mg
Polysorbate 80 JE-Vax Japanese encephalitis ≤0.0074
Polysorbate 80 Pentacel DTaP + IPV + Hib 0.0050
Polysorbate 80 Quadracel DTaP + IPV 0.0050
Polysorbate 80 RotaTeq Rotavirus Not specified

SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

The SARS-CoV-2 Sanofi vaccine contains polysorbate 20 (unknown mg/dose) with polysorbate 80 in the AS03 adjuvant (4.86 mg/dose).

Not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.