SPIKEVAX

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Canada, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania

Active ingredients

The drug SPIKEVAX contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2
UNII B6L4N5Z4GH - SARS-COV-2

mRNA-1273 is COVID-19 mRNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles. The mRNA encodes for the full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike protein modified with 2 proline substitutions within the heptad repeat 1 domain (S-2P) to stabilise the spike protein into a prefusion conformation. After intramuscular injection, cells at the injection site and the draining lymph nodes take up the lipid nanoparticle, effectively delivering the mRNA sequence into cells for translation into viral protein. The delivered mRNA does not enter the cellular nucleus or interact with the genome, is nonreplicating, and is expressed transiently mainly by dendritic cells and subcapsular sinus macrophages. The expressed, membrane-bound spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is then recognised by immune cells as a foreign antigen. This elicits both T-cell and B-cell responses to generate neutralising antibodies, which may contribute to protection against COVID-19.

Read about mRNA-1273

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
SPIKEVAX Dispersion for injection European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC
MODERNA COVID-19 VACCINE CX-024414 Suspension for injection FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/PLR

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
J07BN01 J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J07 Vaccines → J07B Viral vaccines → J07BN Covid-19 vaccines
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02510014
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1835085, 1887969, 1887970, 1888555
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 1201507001
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 485348
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 66689795
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 9321
Country: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 631341EA1038, 631341KA1026, 631341KA2022
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1091725
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 206776
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 22951
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100444975
Country: RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale Identifier(s): W67772001

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