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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.
Code | Vaccine Manufacturer/Distributor |
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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:
Immunization Information System Support Branch - Informatics
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Mailstop: E-62
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Content last reviewed on July 14, 2006
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases