Vaccine Ingredients
In addition to the live, attenuated or inactive virus, pathogen or toxoid, the DTaP-HepB-IPV (Pediarix) vaccine contains the following ingredients:
- Fenton medium containing a bovine extract
- modified Latham medium derived from bovine casein
- formaldehyde
- modified Stainer-Scholte liquid medium
- VERO cells
- a continuous line of monkey kidney cells
- calf serum
- lactalbumin hydrolysate
- aluminum hydroxide
- aluminum phosphate
- aluminum salts
- sodium chloride
- polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)
- neomycin sulfate
- polymyxin B
- yeast protein
Source: CDC