The following websites provide detailed information about vaccines including their ingredients:
The list of ingredients is available in the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL)
More detailed information can be found in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs).
SPCs follow a standard format and to find what is in each vaccine you should look at
Section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition and Section 6.1 - list of excipients.
To search these websites you need to know the name of the vaccine.
The product names of each vaccine used in the immunisation schedule are shown below
Vaccine |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
DTaP/IPV |
TETRAVAC |
Sanofi |
6 in 1 |
INFANRIX HEXA |
GSK |
Hepatitis A |
HAVRIX JUNIOR |
GSK |
Hepatitis A |
HAVRIX MONODOSE |
GSK |
Hepatitis A + B |
TWINRIX ADULT |
GSK |
Hepatitis B |
ENGERIX B 20mcg |
GSK |
Hepatitis B |
FENDRIX (renal insufficiency) |
GSK |
Hepatitis B |
HBVAXPRO 5mcg |
MSD Ireland (Human Health) |
Hib/MenC |
MENITORIX |
GSK |
Hib |
HIBERIX |
GSK |
HPV9 |
GARDASIL 9 |
MSD Ireland (Human Health) |
Flu |
QUADRIVALENT INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VACCINE (SPLIT VIRION) BP
|
Sanofi |
MenACWY |
NIMENRIX |
Pfizer |
MenB |
BEXSERO |
GSK |
MenC |
MENJUGATE |
GSK |
MMR |
MMRVAXPRO |
MSD Ireland (Human Health) |
MMR |
PRIORIX |
GSK |
PCV |
PREVENAR 13 |
Pfizer |
Pneumococcal |
PNEUMOVAX 23 |
MSD Ireland (Human Health) |
Rotavirus |
ROTARIX |
GSK |
Td |
DITE BOOSTER |
AJ Vaccines |
Td/IPV |
REVAXIS |
Sanofi |
Tdap |
BOOSTRIX |
GSK |
Tdap/IPV |
IPV-BOOSTRIX |
GSK |
Tuberculin |
TUBERCULIN 2TU |
AJ Vaccines |
COVID-19 |
Comirnaty (COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine) |
Pfizer BioNTech |
COVID-19 |
Comirnaty (Pfizer/ BioNTech) vaccine for Children aged 5 to 11 |
Pfizer BioNTech |
COVID-19 |
Spikevax (COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine) |
Moderna Biotech Spain, S.L |
COVID-19 |
COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen |
Janssen-Cilag International NV |
COVID-19 |
Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted) |
Novavax |
More information is available in the NIO discussion guide for healthcare professionals and their patients on vaccine ingredients
This page was updated on 3 June 2022