Vaccine Ingredients
In addition to the live, attenuated or inactive virus, pathogen or toxoid, the DTaP-IPV/Hib (Pentacel) vaccine contains the following ingredients:
- aluminum phosphate
- polysorbate 80
- sucrose
- formaldehyde
- glutaraldehyde
- bovine serum albumin
- 2-phenoxyethanol
- neomycin
- polymyxin B sulfate
- modified Mueller's growth medium
- ammonium sulfate
- modified Mueller-Miller casamino acid medium without beef heart infusion
- Stainer-Scholte medium
- casamino acids
- dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin
- glutaraldehyde
- MRC-5 cells (a line of normal human diploid cells)
- CMRL 1969 medium supplemented with calf serum
- Medium 199 without calf serum
- modified Mueller and Miller medium
Source: CDC