Patient Information Leaflets and Vaccine Contents

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