12 Covid-19 vaccines to watch

A range of Covid-19 vaccines are being developed worldwide. Which ones are authorised and assessed in the EU? Which are still in development? Check our table below.

Company Type Efficacy* Doses Storage Status in Europe* Secured by EU

Pfizer / BioNTech 🇩🇪🇺🇸

mRNA*

💉💉 (💉)

2.4 bn
Moderna 🇺🇸
mRNA

💉💉 (💉)

-20°C
460 mn
AstraZeneca / Oxford 🇸🇪🇬🇧
Adenovirus-vectored technology*
💉💉
Fridge
400 mn
Johnson&Johnson / Janssen 🇧🇪🇺🇸
Adenovirus-vectored technology
💉
Fridge
400 mn
Novavax 🇸🇪🇺🇸
Protein

89.3%

💉💉
Fridge
~200 mn
CVnCoV - CureVac AG 🇩🇪
mRNA
💉💉
Fridge
405 mn
Sputnik V - Gamaleya Research Institute 🇷🇺
Adenovirus-vectored technology

💉💉

-18°C

Rolling review Emergency use in Hungary, BiH, Serbia, Montenegro

CoronaVac - Sinovac 🇨🇳
Inactivated virus
💉💉
Fridge

Rolling review Emergency use in Turkey

BBIBP-CorV - Sinopharm 🇨🇳
Inactivated virus
💉💉
Fridge
Emergency use in Hungary, Serbia
VLA2001 - Valneva 🇫🇷
Inactivated virus
Fridge
~60 mn

Sanofi & GSK 🇫🇷 (x2 vaccines)

mRNA & protein

Rolling review of Vidprevtyn
(protein-based vaccine)

300 mn

• Efficacy: numbers vary in different sources
mRNA: messenger RNA, part of the virus’ genetic code
Adenovirus-vectored technology: genetically modified cold virus
• Status in Europe: overview of the situation in EU and in the candidates/potential candidates countries.

Sources: WHO, EMA, EC, Astrazeneca, Sanofi, JnJ, Novavax, SputnikVaccine, TheLancet, Nature & other.

Last update : 29 June 2022