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Health & Safety: Vaccines
Formaldehyde is a strong antimicrobial agent and is widely used to produce various vaccines for human inoculation.
Examples of Vaccines That Use Formaldehyde
| Company |
Vaccine |
Type |
| Aventis Pasteur |
DAPTACEL® |
Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine |
| Aventis Pasteur |
IPOL® |
Poliovirus vaccine |
| Aventis Pasteur |
TRIPEDIA® |
Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine |
| Aventis Pasteur |
FLUZONE&req; |
Influenza virus vaccine |
| Aventis Pasteur |
JE-VAX® |
Japanese encephalitits virus vaccine inactivated |
| Bioport Corp. |
BIOTHRAX® |
Anthrax vaccine adsorbed |
| GlaxoSmithKline |
INFANRIX |
Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine |
| GlaxoSmithKline |
PEDIARIX™ |
Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B (recombinant) and inactivated poliovirus vaccine |
| GlaxoSmithKline |
TWINRIX® |
Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B |
| GlaxoSmithKline |
HAVRIX |
Hepatitis A |
| Aventis Pasteur |
ActHIB® |
Haemophilus B conjugate |
| Merck |
COMVAX™ |
Haemophilus B conjugate (meningococcal protein conjugate) and hepatitis B |
| Merck |
RECOMBIVAX HB™ |
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Merck |
VAQTA™ |
Hepatitis A vaccine |
| Wyeth-Ayerst |
FLUSHIELD® |
Influenza virus vaccine, triavent, types A and B |
| Source: Drugs Information Online |
More than a dozen vaccines are made each year that use formaldehyde as the delivery medium. These vaccines treat childhood and adult diseases. They don't require refrigeration which makes them accessible to many people in developing countries. It also makes them quite useful for delivery to highly mobile people such as members of the Armed Forces. Additional information on producing vaccines can be found at http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vaccines_how_why.html
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