Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (HIB)

Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (HIB)
Meningitis

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Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccines:

HibTITER ^® (Wyeth) Injection, capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b (conjugated to a protein carrier), net price 0.5-mL vial = £10.20

ACT-HIB ^® (Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd) Injection, powder for reconstitution, capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b (conjugated to a protein carrier), net price per vial with diluent (0.5 mL) = £8.83

With diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines
Each combined product may be used to complete a course started with any other combined product listed below; important see also under Adsorbed Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine ( under DIPHTHERIA VACCINES)

ACT-HIB ^®DTP dc (Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd) Injection, powder for reconstitution, capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b (conjugated to a protein carrier) with diluent containing diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid and Bordetella pertussis cells, net price per dual-chamber prefilled syringe = £10.41
Infanrix ^®-Hib (Glaxo SmithKline) Injection, powder for reconstitution, capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b (conjugated to a protein carrier) with diluent containing diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed on a mineral carrier, net price 0.5-mL vial = £19.00.

pneumococcal vaccine:
Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines
Pneumovax II (Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd) Polysaccharide from each of 23 capsular types of pneumococcus
Pnu-Imune ^® (Wyeth) Polysaccharide from each of 23 capsular types of pneumococcus
Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugated vaccine
Prevnar ^® (Wyeth) Polysaccharide from each of 7 capsular types of pneumococcus adsorbed onto aluminium phosphate

Vaccine autism Aluminium