COVID-19 vaccine types available for current preclinical/clinical application and their manufactures

No.Vaccine typesMechanism of vaccine developmentManufacturer
1InactivatedSARS-CoV-2 grown in cell cultureSinopharm + China National Biotec Group, Co + Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, COVAXIN (Bharat Biotech International Limited)
Chemical inactivation of the virus
Combined with alum or another adjuvant
2Live attenuatedGenetically weakened SARS-CoV-2-
SARS-CoV-2 grown in adverse conditions
Virulence is lost with maintained immunogenicity
3Recombinant virus vectorViral proteins (RBP, S protein) expressed on mammalian cells, yeasts, or plantsNVX-CoV2373 (Novavax)
4Virus vectorGenetically engineered vaccines-
Use vectors uncommon to cause human infections, e.g., chimpanzee adenovirus
4.1Replication incompetent vectorEngineered, to not replicate in vivo and express the viral proteinAd26.COV2.S (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson)
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/AZD1222 (AstraZeneca/
University of Oxford/Serum Institute of India)
Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) (Gamaleya Institute)
4.2Replication competent vectorEngineered to express the spike protein and replicate within the vaccinated individual-
5Nucleic acid vaccinesExogenous nucleic acid is detected by innate immune receptors which generate robust immune response-
DNAPlasmid DNA with mammalian expression promotors and the target geneZydus Cadila (ZyCoV-D) [102]

RBP: receptor binding protein; -: not applicable/not available