Who are Approved COVID-19 vaccine's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Comirnaty, Prevnar 20, Covid-19 Sterilizing, BNT162b2 Bivalent (original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5) 30 mcg, Infanrix-IPV/Hib, Placebo Vaccine.

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Approved COVID-19 vaccine — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Approved COVID-19 vaccine (Approved COVID-19 vaccine) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: vaccine. Area: Immunology.

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Target snapshot

Approved COVID-19 vaccine (Approved COVID-19 vaccine) — Humanity & Health Medical Group Limited. This vaccine works by introducing a piece of genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the body, which triggers an immune response and helps the body build immunity against COVID-19.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Approved COVID-19 vaccine TARGET	Approved COVID-19 vaccine	Humanity & Health Medical Group Limited	phase 2	vaccine
Comirnaty	BNT162b2 (tozinameran)	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 virus	2021-08-23
Prevnar 20	pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV20)	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine	Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides (20 serotypes)	2021-06-08
Covid-19 Sterilizing	COVID-19 Vaccine	Pfizer	marketed	vaccine	SARS-CoV-2
BNT162b2 Bivalent (original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5) 30 mcg	bnt162b2-bivalent-original-omicron-ba-4-ba-5-30-mcg	Pfizer	marketed	mRNA vaccine	Spike protein
Infanrix-IPV/Hib	Infanrix-IPV/Hib	GlaxoSmithKline	marketed	combination vaccine
Placebo Vaccine	Placebo Vaccine	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	marketed	vaccine

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

2033-06-01 — Prevnar 20 · US 8,895,024 · Composition of matter · US
2035-06-01 — Prevnar 20 · US 10,279,033 · Method of use · US

Sponsor landscape (vaccine class)

Pfizer · 20 drugs in this class
Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company · 20 drugs in this class
GlaxoSmithKline · 12 drugs in this class
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 12 drugs in this class
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 9 drugs in this class
Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · 7 drugs in this class
Jiangsu Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 6 drugs in this class
Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention · 6 drugs in this class
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh · 5 drugs in this class
Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd · 4 drugs in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Approved COVID-19 vaccine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/approved-covid-19-vaccine. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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