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Vaccines
Who Makes Them,
and What’s In Them?
Compiled by Dawn Winkler
Concerned Parents for Vaccine Safety
The following is a description of the various
chemical compounds added to vaccines for stability and other
marketing purposes that have nothing to do with children's health.
The information was obtained from the 1997 Physician's Desk
Reference. This is a representative, not a comprehensive, list
of various types of vaccines. For several entries, there are
direct phone numbers.
Common vaccines and their production details
BIAVAX
Rubella and mumps virus vaccine live. Merck &
Company, Inc., 1-800-672-6372. Produced using neomycin,
sorbitol, and hydrolyzed gelatin. Medium: human diploid
cells originating from human aborted fetal tissue.
DPT
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids acellular pertussis
vaccine adsorbed. SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals,
1-800-366-8900, extension 5231. Produced using aluminum
phosphate, formaldehyde, ammonium sulfate, washed sheep red blood
cells, glycerol, sodium chloride, and thimerosol.* Medium:
porcine (pig) pancreatic hydrolysate of casein.
FLUSHIELD
Influenza Virus Vaccine, Trivalent, Types A & B.
Wyeth-Ayerst, 1-800-934-5556. Produced using gentamicin
sulfate, formaldehyde, po!ysorbate 80, tri(n) butylphosphate,
and thimerosol.* Medium: chick embryos.
FLU VIRIN
Influenza Virus Vaccine. Medeva
Pharmaceuticals, 1 -888-MEDEVA (716- 274-5300). Produced using
embroyonic fluid (chicken egg), neomycin, polymyxin, thimerosol,*
and betapropiolactone. Medium: embryonic fluid (chicken
egg).
HAVRIX
Hepatitis A. SmithKline Beecham
Pharmaceuticals, 1-800-366-8900, extension 5231. Produced
using formalin, aluminum hydroxide, phenoxyethanol (antifreeze),
polysorbate 20, and residual MRC5 proteins (from medium).
Medium: human diploid cells (originating from human aborted
fetal tissue).
IM0 VAX
Rabies Vaccine Adsorbed. Connaught
Laboratories, 1-800-822-2463. Produced using human albumin,
neomycin sulfate, and phenol red indicator. Medium:
human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal tissue).
IPOL
Inactivated Polio Vaccine. Connaught
Laboratories, 1-800-822-2463. Produced using three types of
polio virus, formaldehyde, phenoxyethanol (anti-freeze), neomycin,
streptomycin, and polymyxin B. Medium: VERO cells, a
continuous line of monkey kidney cells.
MERUVAX II
Rubella Virus Vaccine Live. Merck & Company,
1-800-672-6372. Produced using neomycin, sorbitol, and
hydrolyzed gelatin. Medium: human diploid cells
(originating from human aborted fetal tissue).
M-R VAX
Measles and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live. Merck
& Company, 1-800-672-6372. Produced using neomycin, sorbitol, and
hydrolyzed gelatin. Mediums: M & M -- chick embryo.
Rubella -- human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal
tissue).
MMR
Measles Mumps Rubella Live Virus Vaccination.
Merck & Company, 1-800-672-6372. Produced using sorbitol,
neomycin, and hydrolyzed gelatin. Mediums: M & M --
chick embryo. Rubella -- human diploid cells (originating from
human aborted fetal tissue).
MUMPSVAX
Mumps Virus Vaccine Live. Merck & Company,
1-800-672-6372. Produced using neomycin, sorbitol, and
hydrolyzed gelatin. Medium: human diploid cells
(originating from human aborted fetal tissue).
ORIMUNE
Poliovirus Vaccine Live Oral Trivalent.
Lederle Laboratories, 1-800-934-5556. Produced using three
types of attenuated polioviruses, streptomycin, neomycin, calf
serum, and sorbitol. Medium: monkey kidney cell culture.
Rabies Vaccine Adsorbed
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, 1-800-366-8900,
extension 5231. Produced using betapropiolactone, aluminum
phosphate, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicyate (thimerosol),* and
phenol red. Medium: fetal rhesus monkey lung cells.
RECOMBIVAX
Hepatitis B Vaccine Recombinant. Merck &
Company, 1-800-672-6372. Produced using thimerosol* and
aluminum hydroxide. Medium: yeast (residual; less than 1
percent yeast protein).
VARIVAX
Varicella Virus Vaccine Live. Merck & Company,
1-800-672-6372. Produced using sucrose, phosphate, glutamate,
and processed gelatin. Medium: human diploid cells
(originating from human aborted fetal tissue).
* Warning: Thimerosal is a chemical
compound that contains 49.6 percent mercury as a preservative.
Mercury is one of the most dangerous toxins known to scientists.
This is 100 times the exposure that the Environmental Protection
Agency's Poison Control Center guidelines consider safe for the
average-sized infant, as mercury is known to cause neurotoxicity and
brain damage that mirrors the symptoms of autism. For more
information, see the website of
Concerned
Parents for Vaccine Safety.
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