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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cell Biol Physiol. 2021 Oct 13;4(1-2):1–12.

Table 5.

Protein based subunit vaccines and stages of development

Developer / Researcher Stage of Development Product Description
BioNTech/ Pfizer/ Fosun Pharma/ Rentschler Biopharma Authorized 3 LNP-mRNAs; BNT162 59; 60;61;62
Moderna/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)/ Lonza/ Catalent/ Rovi/ Medidata/ BIOQUAL/ Baxter BioPharma Solutions Authorized RNA; LNP-encapsulated mRNA (mRNA 1273), (TAK-919)63;64
CureVac/Bayer/Novartis Phase III RNA; mRNA (CVnCoV)
Arcturus/Duke-NUS/ Catalent Phase I/II RNA; mRNA; (LUNAR-COV19)
Imperial College London/ VacEquity Global Health Phase I/II RNA; LNP-nCoVsaRNA
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences/ Walvax Biotech Phase I mRNA (ARCoV)
Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc. Phase I PTX-COVID19-B vaccine
BIOCAD Pre-clinical RNA; liposome-encapsulated mRNA
CanSino Biologics/Precision Nanosystems Pre-clinical RNA; mRNA lipid nanoparticle (mRNA-LNP)
Centro Nacional Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC), Spain Pre-clinical RNA: Replicating defective SARS-CoV-2 derived RNAs
Chimeron Bio/ George Mason University’s National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Disease Pre-clinical Self-amplifying RNA, self-assembling delivery system
China CDC / Tongji University / Stermina Pre-clinical RNA; mRNA
Chula Vaccine Research Center/University of Pennsylvania Pre-clinical LNP-mRNA; (ChulaCov19)
Curevac/GSK Pre-clinical Next-generation multi-valent mRNA-based vaccines
CureVac/UK Government (Vaccines Taskforce) Pre-clinical Multiple mRNA vaccine candidates against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Daiichi-Sankyo/ University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science Pre-clinical RNA; mRNA (DS-5670)
Elixirgen Therapeutics/ Fujita Health University Pre-clinical srRNA (EXG-5003)
Federal Budgetary Research Institution (FBRI) State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “VECTOR” Pre-clinical RNA; mRNA
Fudan University / Shanghai JiaoTong University / RNACure Biopharma Pre-clinical RNA; LNP-encapsulated mRNA cocktail encoding VLP
Fudan University / Shanghai JiaoTong University / RNACure Biopharma Pre-clinical RNA; LNP-encapsulated mRNA cocktail encoding RBD
GeneOne Life Science / Houston Methodist Pre-clinical mRNA; (GLS-3000)
Gennova Pre-clinical Self-amplifying RNA
Globe Biotech Limited, Bangladesh Pre-clinical D614G variant LNP-encapsulated mRNA; (Bangavax)
Greenlight Biosciences Pre-clinical mRNA
IDIBAPS- Hospital Clinic, Spain Pre-clinical mRNA
Infectious Disease Research Institute/ Amyris, Inc. Pre-clinical saRNA formulated in a NLC
Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Pre-clinical LNP-encapsulated mRNA encoding S
RNA immune, Inc. Pre-clinical RNA; several mRNA candidates
Sanofi Pasteur/ Translate Bio Pre-clinical LNP-mRNA