Who are Seasonal influenza vaccine's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Comirnaty, Prevnar 20, Meningococcal B (Bexsero), Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine, Pediarix, Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine.

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Seasonal influenza vaccine — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Seasonal influenza vaccine (Seasonal influenza vaccine) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: vaccine. Area: Immunology.

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Target snapshot

Seasonal influenza vaccine (Seasonal influenza vaccine) — Novartis. The seasonal influenza vaccine stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies and cellular immunity against circulating influenza virus strains.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Seasonal influenza vaccine TARGET	Seasonal influenza vaccine	Novartis	marketed	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
Meningococcal B (Bexsero)	Meningococcal B (Bexsero)	University of Sao Paulo General Hospital	marketed	Recombinant protein vaccine	Meningococcal serogroup B surface antigens (recombinant Neisseria meningitidis proteins)
Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine	Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine	PATH	marketed	Conjugate vaccine	Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A polysaccharide capsule
Pediarix	pediarix	Pfizer Inc.	marketed	vaccine	Immune system
Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine	Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)	marketed	mRNA vaccine	SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein)

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). Seasonal influenza vaccine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/seasonal-influenza-vaccine. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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