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IIS: HL7 Standard Code Set MVX - Manufacturers of Vaccines
Updated: July 30, 2008

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The CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) maintains the HL7 external code set MVX. The implementation of the HL7 standard for immunization data exchange is described in Chapter 4 of the HL7 standard. The codes in HL7 Version 2.3 table 0227 represent the initial content of the external MVX code set. This document represents the most up-to-date version of the MVX code set.

 

MVX - Manufacturers of Vaccines
(alphabetized by manufacturer name)
Code Vaccine Manufacturer/Distributor
AB Abbott Laboratories (includes Ross Products Division)
ACA Acambis, Inc
AD Adams Laboratories, Inc.
ALP Alpha Therapeutic Corporation
AR Armour [Inactive--use AVB]
AVB Aventis Behring L.L.C. (formerly Centeon L.L.C.; includes Armour Pharmaceutical Company) [Inactive--use ZLB] Changes made on: Feb. 28, 2006
AVI Aviron
BA Baxter Healthcare Corporation [Inactive--use BAH]
BAH Baxter Healthcare Corporation (includes Hyland Immuno, Immuno International AG, and North American Vaccine, Inc.)
BAY Bayer Corporation (includes Miles, Inc. and Cutter Laboratories)
BP Berna Products [Inactive--use BPC]
BPC Berna Products Corporation (includes Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute Berne)
MIP Bioport Corporation (formerly Michigan Biologic Products Institute)
CSL CSL Biotherapies, Inc.
CNJ Cangene Corporation Changes made on: Feb. 28, 2006
CMP Celltech Medeva Pharmaceuticals [Inactive--use NOV] Changes made on: July 14, 2006
CEN Centeon L.L.C. [Inactive--use AVB]
CHI Chiron Corporation [Inactive--use NOV] includes PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, Celltech Medeva Vaccines and Evans Medical Limited Changes made on: July 14, 2006
CON Connaught [Inactive--use PMC]
DVC DynPort Vaccine Company, LLC Changes made on: July 14, 2006
EVN Evans Medical Limited [Inactive--use NOV] Changes made on: July 14, 2006
GEO GeoVax Labs, Inc. Changes made on: July 14, 2006
SKB GlaxoSmithKline (formerly SmithKline Beecham; includes SmithKline Beecham and Glaxo Welcome)
GRE Greer Laboratories, Inc.
IAG Immuno International AG [Inactive--use BAH]
IUS Immuno-U.S., Inc.
KGC Korea Green Cross Corporation
LED Lederle [Inactive--use WAL]
MBL Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (formerly Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories)
MA Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories [Inactive--use MBL]
MED MedImmune, Inc.
MSD Merck & Co., Inc.
IM Merieux [Inactive--use PMC]
MIL Miles [Inactive--use BAY]
NAB NABI (formerly North American Biologicals, Inc.)
NYB New York Blood Center
NAV North American Vaccine, Inc. [Inactive--use BAH]
NOV Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation (includes Chiron, PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, Celltech Medeva Vaccines and Evans Limited, Ciba-Geigy Limited and Sandoz Limited)
NVX Novavax, Inc. Changes made on: July 14, 2006
OTC Organon Teknika Corporation
ORT Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (formerly Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc.)
PD Parkedale Pharmaceuticals (formerly Parke-Davis)
PWJ PowderJect Pharmaceuticals (includes Celltech Medeva Vaccines and Evans Medical Limited) [Inactive--use NOV] Changes made on: July 14, 2006
PRX Praxis Biologics [Inactive--use WAL]
PMC sanofi pasteur (formerly Aventis Pasteur, Pasteur Merieux Connaught; includes Connaught Laboratories and Pasteur Merieux) Changes made on: Feb. 28, 2006
JPN The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University (BIKEN)
SCL Sclavo, Inc.
SOL Solvay Pharmaceuticals Changes made on: July 14, 2006
SI Swiss Serum and Vaccine Inst. [Inactive--use BPC]
TAL Talecris Biotherapeutics (includes Bayer Biologicals) Changes made on: Feb. 28, 2006
USA United States Army Medical Research and Material Command
VXG VaxGen Changes made on: July 14, 2006
WA Wyeth-Ayerst [Inactive--use WAL]
WAL Wyeth-Ayerst (includes Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics, Wyeth Laboratories, Lederle Laboratories, and Praxis Biologics)
ZLB ZLB Behring (includes Aventis Behring and Armour Pharmaceutical Company) Changes made on: Feb. 28, 2006
OTH Other manufacturer
UNK Unknown manufacturer

Note: The MVX table reflects name changes and changes in corporate status. Where there have been company mergers, the affected old codes have been labeled "inactive".

For further information on HL7 immunization data exchange and the CVX code set, contact the IIS Technical Assistance Team at:

Address:
CDC, National Centers for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Immunization Information System Support Branch - Informatics
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop: E-62
Atlanta, GA 30333
Email:
iisinfo@cdc.gov (note change)
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This page last modified on July 30, 2008
Content last reviewed on July 14, 2006
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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