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Table 3 List of COVID-19 vaccine candidates

From: An overview on the treatments and prevention against COVID-19

Type of candidate vaccine

Vaccine platform

Company/University

Vaccine characteristics/immunogen

ARCT-154

RNA

Arcturus Therapeutics

Self-replicating mRNA coding spike protein, encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Vero cell)

Inactivated virus

Beijing Minhai Biotechnology Co

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

WIBP COVID-19 vaccine

Inactivated virus

Sinopharm; China National Biotec Group Co; Wuhan Institute of Biological Products

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Vero cell), vaccine name BBIBP-CorV

Inactivated virus

Sinopharm; China National Biotec Group Co; Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, Beijing Institute of Biological Products

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 rS/Matrix M1-Adjuvant

Protein subunit

Novavax

Full-length recombinant SARS CoV-2

BNT162b2 (3 LNP-mRNAs), also known as "Comirnaty"

RNA

Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma

RNA based vaccine

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CHO Cell)

Zifivax (ZF2001)

Protein subunit

Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical + Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongyianke Biotech

Recombinant spike protein

CVnCoV Vaccine

RNA

CureVac AG

RNA based vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (vero cells)

Inactivated virus

Institute of Medical Biology + Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

MVC-COV1901

Protein subunit

Medigen Vaccine Biologics + Dynavax + National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Spike-2P protein + adjuvant CpG 1018

CIGB-66

Protein subunit

Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB)

RBD + aluminium hydroxide

Recombinant protein vaccine S-268019

Protein subunit

Shionogi

using Baculovirus expression vector system

TURKOVAC

Inactivated virus

Erciyes University and the Health Institutes of Turkey (TUSEB)

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Protein Vaccine (V-01)

Protein subunit

Livzon Pharmaceutical

Recombinant spike protein

Noora Vaccine

Protein subunit

Bagheiat-allah University of Medical Sciences/AmitisGen

RBD protein recombinant SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccine Hipra

Protein subunit

Laboratorios Hipra, S.A

Recombinant protein RBD fusion dimer adjuvanted vaccine

SCTV01C

Protein subunit

Sinocelltech Ltd

A Bivalent Recombinant Trimeric S Protein vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Variants

CoviVac

Inactivated virus

Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products

Inactivated Whole Virion Concentrated Purified Vaccine

Omicron COVID-19 inactivated Vaccine (Vero Cell)

Inactivated virus

China National Biotec Group Company Limited

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2

MV

C-COV1901

Protein subunit

Medigen Vaccine Biologics/Dynavax/NIAID

Spike protein with aluminum and CpG 1018 as adjuvant

DelNS1-2019-nCoV-RBD-OPT1

Viral vector (Replicating)

University of Hong Kong, Xiamen University and Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy

Intranasal flu-based-RBD

COVAX-19

Protein subunit

Vaxine Pty Ltd

Recombinant spike protein with Advaxâ„¢ adjuvant

Razi Cov Pars

Protein subunit

Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute

Recombinant spike protein

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Protein Vaccine (V-01)

Protein subunit

Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Gaozhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Recombinant spike protein

GRAd-COV2

Viral vector (Non-replicating)

ReiThera/Leukocare/Univercells

Replication-defective Gorilla Adenovirus vector-based vaccine, which codes spike protein

VXA-CoV2-1

Viral vector (Non-replicating)

Vaxart

Ad5 vector-based vaccine that expresses a SARS-CoV-2 antigen and a dsRNA adjuvant to increase immunogenicity, which given orally

COVI-VAC

Live attenuated virus

Codagenix/Serum Institute of India

Live attenuated SARS-CoV-2

ChulaCov19

RNA

Chulalongkorn University

mRNA vaccine

BBV154

Viral vector (Non-replicating)

Bharat Biotech International Limited

Vaccine based on Adenoviral vector

PTX-COVID19-B

RNA

Providence Therapeutics

Vaccine based on mRNA

SC-Ad6-1

Viral vector (Non-replicating)

Tetherex Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Adneviral vector vaccine

ReCOV

Protein subunit

Jiangsu Rec-Biotechnology

Recombinant two-component S and RBD protein COVID-19 vaccine (CHO cell)

RBD protein recombinant SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Protein subunit

Bagheiat-allah University of Medical Sciences

Recombinant RBD of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2

ABNCoV2

Virus like particle

Radboud University

ABNCoV2 capsid VLP with or without adjuvant MF59

GX-19N

DNA

Genexine Consortium

Vaccine expressing spike protein antigen

EpiVacCorona

Protein subunit

Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector"

Peptide antigens of proteins of SARS-CoV-2, conjugated to a carrier protein and adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide as adjuvant

Dendritic cell vaccine AV-COVID-19

Protein subunit

Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB)

A vaccine containing autologous dendritic cells loaded with SARS-CoV-2 antigens, with or without GM-CSF

rVSV-SARS-CoV-2-S Vaccine

Protein subunit

Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB)

Replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

BECOV2

Protein subunit

Biological ELimited

Protein subunit vaccine

GBP510

Protein subunit

SK Bioscience Co., Ltd

A recombinant surface protein vaccine with adjuvant AS03 (aluminum hydroxide)

COVAC-1 and COVAC-2 sub-unit vaccine

Protein subunit

University of Saskatchewan

(spike protein) + SWE adjuvant

SARS-CoV-2-RBD-Fc fusion protein

Protein subunit

University Medical Center Groningen/Akston Biosciences Inc

Recombinant RBD with Fc fusion protein

DS-5670a

RNA

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd

mRNA vaccine

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (CHO cell)

Protein subunit

National Vaccine and Serum Institute, China

Subunit vaccine