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TABLE 3. Aluminum Salt (Adjuvant) Content in Vaccines Licensed in the United States, 2003

Adjuvant

Vaccine

Trade Name

Company

Quantity (per Dose)


 

Aluminum hydroxide

DTaP

Infanrix

GlaxoSmithKline

≤0.625 mg

 

Hepatitis A

Havrix (pediatric)

GlaxoSmithKline

0.25 mg

 

 

Vaqta (pediatric)

Merck and Co

0.225 mg

 

Hepatitis B

Engerix

GlaxoSmithKline

0.25 mg

 

Hib

PedVax Hib

Merck and Co

0.225 mg

 

Hepatitis A-hepatitis B

Twinrix

GlaxoSmithKline

0.45 mg*

 

DTaP-IPV-hepatitis B

Pediarix

GlaxoSmithKline

≤0.85 mg*

Aluminum phosphate

Pneumococcal conjugate

Prevnar

Wyeth

0.125 mg

 

Td (adult)

None

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

0.45 mg

 

DTaP

Daptacel

Aventis Pasteur

0.33 mg

Aluminum sulfate

DTaP

Tripedia

Aventis Pasteur

≤0.17 mg

 

Td (adult)

None

Aventis Pasteur

0.28 mg

 

Hib-hepatitis B

Comvax

Merck and Co

0.225 mg

 

Hepatitis B

Recombivax HB

Merck and Co

0.5 mg

 

* Contains both aluminum hydroxide and aluminum phosphate.

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ADD:

HPV Vax - 225 mcg = .225 mg  in 1 dose X 3 doses = .675 mg in 3 HPV vaxs
        
http://www.fda.gov/cber/label/gardasilLB.pdf
New DTaPIPV/HIB (Pentacil) = 1.2 mg  
        
http://www.fda.gov/cber/label/pentacelLB.pdf
Pediarix (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and poliovirus, and Prevnar) = .875 mg in 1 dose
        
http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_pediarix.pdf
Pediacel (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), polio and Hib infection.) = 1.5 mg

and there are more to add

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/112/6/1394/T3