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Table 3 Gelatin-containing vaccines approved for use in the United States (black type) and Europe (blue type) 2015

From: International Consensus (ICON): allergic reactions to vaccines

Vaccine

Gelatin content

Influenza (Fluzone [only in standard dose trivalent IM], Sanofi Pasteur)

250 micrograms per 0.5 ml dose

Influenza (FluMist, MedImmune Vaccines)

2000 micrograms per 0.2 ml dose

Influenza (Fluenz Tetra, MedImmune LLC)

Unspecified amounta hydrolyzed gelatin, type A per 0.2 ml dose

Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMRII, Merck)

14,500 micrograms per 0.5 ml dose

Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (M-M-RVAXPRO, Sanofi Pasteur)

Unspecified amounta hydrolyzed gelatin per 0.5 ml dose

Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (ProQuad, Merck)

11,000 micrograms per 0.5 ml dose

Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (ProQuad, marketed in Europe by Sanofi Pasteur)

Unspecified amounta hydrolyzed gelatin per 0.5 ml dose

Rabies (RabAvert, Novartis)

12,000 micrograms per 1.0 ml dose

Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a (Vivotif, Crucell)

Capsule

Varicella (VARIVAX, Merck)

12,500 micrograms per 0.5 ml dose

Yellow Fever (YF-VAX, Sanofi Pasteur)

7,500 micrograms per 0.5 ml dose

Zoster (ZOSTAVAX, Merck)

15,580 micrograms per 0.65 ml dose

Zoster (ZOSTAVAX, marketed in Europe by Sanofi Pasteur)

Unspecified amounta hydrolyzed gelatin per 0.65 ml dose

  1. aInformation provided in European Public Assessment Reports (EPAR) Product Characteristics documents do not specify quantities for excipients