Haemophilus influenzae B Other names: Bacillus influenzae HIB Pfeiffer's bacillus

Active ingredient description

Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) is a bacteria responsible for severe pneumonia, meningitis and other invasive diseases almost exclusively in young children. Vaccines are the only public health tool capable of preventing the majority of serious Hib disease.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
J07AG01 Haemophilus influenzae B, purified antigen conjugated J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J07 Vaccines → J07A Bacterial vaccines → J07AG Haemophilus influenzae B vaccines
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External identifiers

UNII Identifier: F2TW0N64FI
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B

Medicines

Haemophilus influenzae B is an active ingredient of these brands:

United States (US)

  • PEDVAXHIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Austria (AT)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Brazil (BR)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) PEDIACEL

Canada (CA)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) PEDIACEL

Croatia (HR)

  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Cyprus (CY)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Ecuador (EC)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Estonia (EE)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Finland (FI)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX-POLIO+HIB as Haemophilus influenzae type B polysaccharide
  • (combination) PENTAVAC as Haemophilus type b polysaccharide conjugate to tetanus protein

France (FR)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) PENTAVAC as Haemophilus type b polysaccharide conjugate to tetanus protein
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Hong Kong (HK)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Ireland (IE)

  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Israel (IL)

Italy (IT)

  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Lithuania (LT)

  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Netherlands (NL)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

New Zealand (NZ)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) BUCCALINE as Haemophilus influenzae type B 1500 million organisms (inactivated "germs")
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Poland (PL)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Romania (RO)

  • (combination) HEXACIMA as Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Singapore (SG)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

South Africa (ZA)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Spain (ES)

  • (combination) HEXYON
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Tunisia (TN)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Turkey (TR)

  • ACT-HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

United Kingdom (UK)

  • (combination) INFANRIX HEXA as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) INFANRIX IPV HIB as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAIN 1482 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TETANUS TOXOID CONJUGATE ANTIGEN
  • (combination) VAXELIS as HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE MENINGOCOCCAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CONJUGATE ANTIGEN

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.

 
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