Who are COVID-19 vaccination's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, COMIRNATY intramuscular injection, BioNTech - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Casirivimab and Imdevimab Drug Combination, The Pfizer mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine, BNT162b2 Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty.

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COVID-19 vaccination — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

marketed vaccine SARS-CoV-2 spike protein Immunology / Infectious Disease Biologic Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

COVID-19 vaccination (COVID-19 vaccination) — University Medical Center Groningen. COVID-19 vaccines train the immune system to recognize and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus by inducing antibody and T-cell responses against viral antigens.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target
COVID-19 vaccination TARGET	COVID-19 vaccination	University Medical Center Groningen	marketed	vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine	COVID-19 mRNA vaccine	Vaccine Company, Inc.	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein)
COMIRNATY intramuscular injection	comirnaty-intramuscular-injection	Pfizer	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
BioNTech - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine	BioNTech - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine	University of Birmingham	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein)
Casirivimab and Imdevimab Drug Combination	Casirivimab and Imdevimab Drug Combination	Mansoura University Hospital	marketed	Monoclonal antibody combination (SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies)	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain
The Pfizer mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine	The Pfizer mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine	dafna yahav	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein)
BNT162b2 Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty	BNT162b2 Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty	KK Women's and Children's Hospital	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein)

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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Patent timeline (forward window)

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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). COVID-19 vaccination — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/covid-19-vaccination. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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