Laboratories in Canada; the network of Institutes Pasteur and affiliated organi-
zations; Butantan institute in Brazil; Serum Institute in India; Robert Koch
Institute in Germany; Academy of Sciences in China; and many other organi-
zations worldwide involved in the manufacturing, procurement, and distribution
of vaccines. The Institutes Pasteur International Network with headquarters in
Paris is still operating as a network involving many institutes in the Americas,
Asia, and Africa, with a mandate that shifted from the original mission of pro-
viding vaccines wherever needed to centers and research organizations re-
sponding to broad national priorities.
In recent history and driven by high regulatory manufacturing standards, key
industries, such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Sanofi-Pasteur, Merck & Co, Pfizer,
and a number of other small and medium size companies have become active in the
field of manufacturing and commercialization of vaccines. The current situation of
India and China with important governmental and private vaccine manufacturing
TABLE 1.1
List of infectious diseases for which vaccines have been licensed
Disease
Year
Disease
Year
Smallpox
1798 *
Bacterial Meningitis
1975 &
Rabies
1885 *
Pneumonia: polysaccharide
1977 &
Typhoid fever
1896 *
Adenovirus type 4 and 7
1980 &
Cholera
1896 *
Hepatitis B
1981 &
Plague
1897 *
Invasive Hib
1985 &
Diphtheria
1923 *
Japanese Encephalitis
1992 &
Whooping cough: Pertussis
1926 *
Hepatitis A
1995 &
Lockjaw: Tetanus
1927 *
Chickenpox: Varicella
1995 &
Tuberculosis
1927 *
Lyme disease
1998 &
Tick-borne Encephalitis
1937 *
Pneumonia: conjugate
2002 &
Influenza
1945 &
Rotaviral diarrhea
2006 &
Yellow Fever
1953 &
Shingles: Zoster
2006 &
Poliomyelitis
1955 &
Papillomavirus
2006 &
Measles
1963 &
Dengue
2019 &
Mumps
1967 &
Ebola
2019 &
Rubella
1969 &
COVID-19
2021 &
Anthrax
1970 &
Notes
* Year of first reported use.
& Year of U.S. licensure.
Light gray background: egg-based production of vaccine.
White background: bacterial production of vaccine.
Dark gray background: cell-culture production of vaccine.
The list is Adapted from [ 10] and updated with data from [ 11].
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