Who Makes Tdap Vaccine

There are two Tdap vaccines used in the United States: Adacel® and Boostrix®. Each 0.5-mL dose of Adacel® (Sanofi Pasteur) contains 5 Lf tetanus toxoid, 2 Lf diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis antigens (2.5 µg detoxified PT, 5 µg FHA, 3 µg pertactin, 5 µg FIM).

Who makes the whooping cough vaccine?

VaccineProducerLicensed forInfanrixGlaxoSmithKline6 weeks to 7 yearsBoostrixGlaxoSmithKlineolder than 10 yearsDaptacelSanofi Pasteur6 weeks to 7 yearsAdacelSanofi Pasteur11 to 64 years

When was the DTaP vaccine created?

Pertussis-containing Vaccines Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were first licensed in the United States in 1914 and were available as a combined vaccine with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (as DTP) in 1948.