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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharm Sci. 2009 Apr;98(4):1278–1316. doi: 10.1002/jps.21523

Table 1.

Vaccine Adjuvants Currently Used in Licensed Vaccines71,259-261

Humans, US Humans, United Kingdom,
and European Union
Livestock, Worldwide
(General Categories)a
Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, potassium aluminum sulfate (alum) Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, potassium aluminum sulfate (alum) Aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, potassium aluminum sulfate (alum)
Calcium phosphate Saponin (QS-21)
MF-59 (Squalene, in Fluad) Oil emulsions paraffin, mineral oil, lanolin, squalene, ISA-70, Montanide (IMS)
AS04 (liposome formulation containing MPLA and QS-21) (FENDrix, Cervaix) Glycerin
a

Many livestock adjuvant-vaccine formulations are proprietary and their compositions have not been disclosed.