Yellow fever vaccine
As of the edition of 20 October 2026, Yellow fever vaccine is a vaccine component: marketed, first approved in 1978 (CA); US protection ended in 2011.
Sources: FDA Orange Book and Purple Book, other approval registers, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL.
The drug
- Status
- Marketed; latest approval 1999
- Kind
- Vaccine component
- Brand name
- Yf-Vax
- First approved
- 31 December 1978 (CA)
- Approvals on record
- 3 in 2 regions
- Holder of the most recent approval
- Sanofi; 2 holders in all
- Registered trials
- 36, 0 stopped early
- Disease areas
- Infections; Nervous system; Immune system; Urinary and reproductive; Digestive system; Mouth and teeth
US protection
US protection ended in 2011.
US protection ended in 2011, computed as 12 years from the first US licence because FDA publishes no date for this product. The application that gives this date is held by Sanofi. The date is computed, not published.
This is the US only, and it is not the date generics or biosimilars can enter.
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Registered trials
| Phase | Trials | Completed | Active | Stopped early |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase not stated | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phase 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Phase 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Phase 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| All trials | 36 |
Who has held its approvals
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | Applicant, Later holder and Lead sponsor of trials | 1978 to now |