COVID-19 Vaccines Under Pre-Clinical Development
Published on 02 Jun, 2020
Last Updated : 27 May, 2020
Sr. No. |
Platform/Candidate Name |
Type of candidate vaccine |
Developer |
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DNA Vaccines |
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1 |
DNA Vaccine |
DNA with electroporation |
Karolinska Institute / Cobra Biologics |
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2 |
DNA Vaccine |
DNA plasmid vaccine |
Osaka University/ AnGes/ Takara Bio |
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3 |
DNA Vaccine |
DNA |
Takis/Applied DNA Sciences/Evvivax |
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4 |
DNA vaccine (Nucleic acid based) |
Plasmid DNA, Needle-Free Delivery; Immunomic’s UNITE platform, EpiVax’s in silico T cell epitope prediction tool, and PharmaJet’s Tropis® Needle-free Injection System |
Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc./EpiVax, Inc./PharmaJet |
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5 |
DNA vaccine |
DNA plasmid vaccine |
Zydus Cadila |
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6 |
DNA vaccine (Antibody response induced) |
DNA vaccine |
BioNet Asia |
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7 |
DNA Vaccine |
DNA vaccine though nasal spray |
University of Waterloo |
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8 |
bacTRL-Spike (DNA vaccine) |
Orally administered, DNA Plasmid vaccine |
Symvivo Corporation |
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9 |
DNA Vaccine |
DNA vaccine |
Entos Pharmaceuticals |
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10 |
DNA Vaccine (Linear DNA vaccine) |
LineaRx's polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based production platform |
Linearx Inc.; Takis Biotech |
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Inactivated Vaccines |
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1 |
Inactivated |
Inactivated |
Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences |
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2 |
Inactivated |
Inactivated |
Beijing Minhai Biotechnology |
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3 |
Inactivated |
TBD |
Osaka University/ BIKEN/ NIBIOHN |
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4 |
Inactivated |
Inactivated + CpG 1018 |
Sinovac/Dynavax |
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5 |
Inactivated |
Inactivated + CpG 1018 |
Valneva/Dynavax |
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6 |
Inactivated |
Inactivated |
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Rep of Kazakhstan |
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Live Attenuated Vaccines |
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1 |
Live Attenuated Virus |
Codon deoptimized live attenuated vaccines |
Codagenix/Serum Institute of India |
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2 |
Live Attenuated Virus |
Codon deoptimized live attenuated vaccines |
Indian Immunologicals Ltd/Griffith University |
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Non-Replicating Vector Vaccines |
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1 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
MVA encoded VLP - GV-MVA-VLP vaccine platform |
GeoVax/BravoVax |
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2 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Adenovirus 26 (Ad26) |
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies |
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3 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Replication defective Simian Adenovirus (GRAd) encoding SARS-CoV2 S |
ReiThera/LEUKOCARE/Univercells |
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4 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
MVA-S encoded |
DZIF – German Center for Infection Research |
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5 |
AdCOVID (Non-Replicating Viral Vector) |
Adenovirus-based NasoVAX expressing
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Altimmune |
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6 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Ad5 S (GreVac Plug-And-Play technology) |
Greffex |
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7 |
OraPro-COVID-19 (Non-Replicating Viral Vector) |
Oral Ad5 S |
Stabilitech Biopharma Ltd |
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8 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Adenovirus-based + HLA-matched peptides (PeptiCRAd technology) |
Valo Therapeutics Ltd |
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9 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
VAAST Oral Vaccine platform |
Vaxart |
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10 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
MVA expressing structural proteins |
Centro Nacional Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Spain |
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11 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Dendritic cell-based vaccine |
University of Manitoba |
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12 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vaccine expressing the spike protein |
University of Georgia/University of Iowa |
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13 |
Non-Replicating Viral Vector |
Recombinant deactivated rabies virus containing S1 |
Bharat Biotech/Thomas Jefferson University |
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Protein subunit - based Vaccines |
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1 |
Protein Subunit |
Capsid-like Particle |
AdaptVac (PREVENT-nCoV consortium) |
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2 |
Protein Subunit |
Drosophila S2 insect cell expression system VLPs |
ExpreS2ion |
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3 |
DPX-COVID-19 (Protein Subunit) |
Peptide antigens formulated in LNP |
IMV Inc; University Laval |
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4 |
Protein Subunit |
S protein |
WRAIR/USAMRIID |
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5 |
Protein Subunit |
S protein +Adjuvant |
National Institute of Infectious Disease, Japan |
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6 |
Protein Subunit |
VLP-recombinant protein + Adjuvant |
Osaka University/ BIKEN/ National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Japan |
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7 |
Protein Subunit |
Native like Trimeric subunit Spike Protein vaccine using CpG 1018 adjuvant |
Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc./GSK/Dynavax |
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8 |
Protein Subunit |
Microneedle arrays S1 subunit |
University of Pittsburgh |
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9 |
Protein Subunit |
Peptide Vaccine (signal peptide technology) - VaxHit bioinformatics platform |
Vaxil Bio |
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10 |
Protein Subunit |
Adjuvanted protein subunit (RBD) |
Biological E Ltd |
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11 |
Flowvax (Protein Subunit) |
Peptide - Size Exclusion Antigen Presentation Control technology |
Flow Pharma Inc. |
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12 |
Protein Subunit |
S protein |
AJ Vaccines |
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13 |
Protein Subunit |
Ii-Key peptide vaccine |
Generex/EpiVax |
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14 |
EPV-CoV19 (Protein Subunit) |
S protein |
EpiVax/Univ. of Georgia |
|
15 |
Adjuvanted recombinant subunit vaccine (Protein Subunit) |
S protein(baculovirus production) - recombinant spike protein antigen and its baculovirus expression system |
Sanofi Pasteur/GSK |
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16 |
Protein Subunit |
Immune-activating gp-96 platform |
Heat Biologics/Univ. Of Miami |
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17 |
Protein Subunit |
Molecular clamp stabilized Spike protein (Glaxosmithkline plc and Seqirus GmbH)
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University of Queensland/GSK/Dynavax/Seqirus GmbH |
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18 |
Protein Subunit |
Peptide vaccine |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
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19 |
Protein Subunit |
Subunit vaccine |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
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20 |
Protein Subunit |
S1 or RBD protein |
Baylor College of Medicine |
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21 |
SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particle (Protein Subunit) |
Subunit protein, plant produced (FastPharming) |
iBio/CC-Pharming |
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22 |
Protein Subunit |
Recombinant protein, nanoparticles (based on S-protein and other epitopes) |
Saint-Petersburg scientific research institute of vaccines and serums |
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23 |
COVID-19 XWG-03 (Protein Subunit) |
Recombinant protein-based coronavirus vaccinebased on series of truncated S (spike) proteins |
Innovax/Xiamen Univ./GSK |
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24 |
Protein Subunit |
Adjuvanted microsphere peptide |
VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan |
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25 |
Protein Subunit |
Synthetic Long Peptide Vaccine candidate for S and M proteins |
OncoGen |
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26 |
Protein Subunit |
Oral E. coli-based protein expression system of S and N proteins |
MIGAL Gaililee Research Institute |
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27 |
Protein Subunit |
Nanoparticle vaccine |
LakePharma, Inc. |
|
28 |
Protein Subunit |
Recombinant spike protein with Advax™ adjuvant |
Vaxine Pty Ltd. |
|
29 |
Protein Subunit |
OMV-based vaccine |
Quadram Institute Biosciences |
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30 |
Protein Subunit |
OMV-based vaccine |
BioMVis Srl/ University of Trento |
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29 |
TNX-1810, TNX-1820 and TNX-1830 (Protein Subunit) |
Spike-based |
Univeristy of Alberta/Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp |
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31 |
Protein Subunit |
Structurally modified spherical particles of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
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32 |
TNX-1810, TNX-1820 and TNX-1830 (Protein Subunit) |
Spike-based |
Univeristy of Alberta |
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33 |
Protein Subunit |
Recombinant S1-Fc fusion protein |
AnyGo Technology |
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34 |
Protein Subunit |
Recombinant protein |
Yisheng Biopharma |
|
35 |
Protein Subunit |
Recombinant S protein in IC-BEVS |
Vabiotech |
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36 |
Protein Subunit |
Orally delivered, heat stable subunit |
Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc. |
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37 |
Protein Subunit |
S-2P protein + CpG 1018 |
Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation/NIAID/Dynavax |
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38 |
Protein Subunit |
Peptides derived from Spike protein |
Axon Neuroscience SE |
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39 |
Protein Subunit |
Adjuvanted recombinant protein (RBD-Dimer) |
Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical/ Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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40 |
Protein Subunit |
RBD-based |
Neovii/Tel Aviv University |
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41 |
Protein Subunit |
RBD-based |
Kentucky Biprocessing |
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42 |
Protein Subunit |
Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV)peptide |
Intravacc/Epivax |
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Replicating Viral Vector Vaccines |
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1 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
YF17D Vector |
KU Leuven |
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2 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Measles Vector - development of a live attenuated recombinant measles virus vectored vaccine against COVID-19 |
Zydus Cadila |
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3 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Measles Vector - engineering of measles live-attenuated vaccine to express other antigens |
Institute Pasteur/Themis/Univ. of Pittsburg Center for Vaccine Research |
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4 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Measles Vector |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
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5 |
Live attenuated virus |
Measles Virus (S, N targets) - Developing a live-attenuated virus using measles virus technology |
DZIF – German Center for Infection Research |
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6 |
TNX-1800 (Replicating Viral Vector) |
Horsepox vector expressing S protein - a live modified horsepox virus vaccine for percutaneous administration, for the potential prevention of COVID-19 |
Tonix Pharma/Southern Research |
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7 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Live viral vectored vaccine based on attenuated influenza virus backbone (intranasal) |
BiOCAD and IEM |
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8 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Recombinant vaccine based on Influenza A virus, for the prevention of COVID-19 (intranasal) |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
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9 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Attenuated Influenza expressing an antigenic portion of the Spike protein |
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and Instituto Buntantan |
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10 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Influenza vector expressing RBD - Developing a replicating viral vector vaccine |
University of Hong Kong |
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11 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Replication-competent VSV chimeric virus technology (VSVΔG) delivering the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) glycoprotein. Replicating viral vector that expresses the S protein |
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) /Batavia |
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12 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
VSV-S |
University of Western Ontario |
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13 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
VSV vector |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
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14 |
Coroflu (Replicating Viral Vector) |
M2-deficient single replication (M2SR) influenza vector; It is designed to build on the backbone of Flugen’s flu vaccine candidate, M2SR, with research inserting gene sequences from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, into M2SR so that the new vaccine will also induce immunity against the coronavirus |
UW–Madison/FluGen/Bharat Biotech |
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15 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Newcastle disease virus vector (NDVSARS-CoV-2/Spike) |
Intravacc/ Wageningen Bioveterinary Research/Utrecht Univ. |
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16 |
Replicating Viral Vector |
Avian paramyxovirus vector (APMV) |
The Lancaster University, UK |
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RNA Vaccines |
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1 |
RNA |
LNP-mRNA; mRNA based vaccine for Covid-19; Translate Bio mRNA platform |
Translate Bio/Sanofi Pasteur |
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2 |
RNA |
LNP-mRNA; mRNA based vaccine for Covid-19; Translate Bio mRNA platform |
CanSino Biologics/Precision NanoSystems |
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3 |
RNA |
LNP-encapsulated mRNA cocktail encoding VLP; Developing a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine candidate using mRNA to express the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein of COVID-19 and developing mRNAs that can instruct the host to produce virus-like particles similar to SARS-CoV-2 |
Fudan University/ Shanghai JiaoTong University/RNACure Biopharma |
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4 |
RNA |
LNP-encapsulated mRNA encoding RBD; Developing a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine candidate using mRNA to express the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein of COVID-19 and developing mRNAs that can instruct the host to produce virus-like particles similar to SARS-CoV-2 |
Fudan University/ Shanghai JiaoTong University/RNACure Biopharma |
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5 |
RNA |
Replicating Defective SARS-CoV-2 derived RNAs |
Centro Nacional Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Spain |
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6 |
RNA |
LNP-encapsulated mRNA |
University of Tokyo/ Daiichi-Sankyo |
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7 |
RNA |
Liposome-encapsulated mRNA |
BIOCAD |
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8 |
RNA |
Several mRNA candidates |
RNAimmune, Inc. |
|
9 |
RNA |
mRNA |
FBRI SRC VB VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor, Koltsovo |
|
10 |
mRNA Vaccine (RNA) |
mRNA |
China CDC/Tongji University/Stermina |
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11 |
LUNAR-COV19 (RNA) |
mRNA; Developing a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, based on the Arcturus' STARR technology and will take advantage of Duke's rapid screening of vaccines |
Arcturus/Duke-NUS |
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12 |
RNA |
saRNA |
Imperial College London |
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13 |
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (RNA) |
mRNA; mRNA vaccine for prevention of COVID-19 |
Curevac |
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14 |
RNA |
mRNA in an intranasal delivery system; targeting conserved epitopes from the whole CoV-2 genome; integrates 3 different technologies such as eTheRNA's proprietary Trimix technology |
eTheRNA |
|
15 |
mRNA Vaccine (RNA) |
mRNA |
Greenlight Biosciences |
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VLP Vaccines |
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1 |
VLP |
Virus-like particle, based on RBD displayed on virus-like particles |
Saiba GmbH |
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2 |
Virus-like particle vaccine (VLP) |
Plant-derived VLP; Company produced a virus-like particle (VLP) of the coronavirus 20 days after obtaining the SARS-CoV-2 gene |
Medicago Inc. |
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3 |
VLP |
ADDomerTM multiepitope display; Developing preclinically a virus-like particle vaccine using its ADDomer multiepitope display for COVID-19 |
Imophoron Ltd and Bristol University’s Max Planck Centre |
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4 |
VLP |
Unknown |
Doherty Institute |
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5 |
VLP |
VLP |
OSIVAX |
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6 |
VLP |
eVLP |
ARTES Biotechnology |
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Others |
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1 |
Unknown |
Unknown; vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 virus |
ImmunoPrecise |
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2 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Tulane University |
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3 |
MAPS vaccine |
Multiple Antigen Presenting System (MAPS) vaccine platform is designed to enable the high-affinity binding of protective polysaccharides and proteins in a single vaccine |
Affinivax Inc. |
Source: World Health Organizations, Company Websites, Secondary Search