IXCHIQ (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) is a solution for intramuscular injection. IXCHIQ is supplied as a vial of sterile, Lyophilized Antigen Component, Live, and a syringe of Sterile Water Diluent Component. The Lyophilized Antigen Component, Live, is reconstituted at the time of use with the accompanying Sterile Water Diluent Component to form IXCHIQ. The Lyophilized Antigen Component, Live, is a white to slightly yellowish powder. After reconstitution, IXCHIQ is a clear colorless to slightly yellowish solution.
IXCHIQ contains live, attenuated chikungunya virus (generated by reverse genetics from La Réunion strain LR-CHIKV clone LR2006 OPY1). The attenuated virus has a deletion in non-structural protein 3, which encodes a component of the viral replicase complex, and replicates less efficiently than the wild-type CHIKV. The vaccine virus is propagated in Vero cells (a continuous line of monkey kidney cells) in media containing amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fetal bovine serum. The viral harvests are pooled, clarified and concentrated. The virus is purified by chromatography and ultracentrifugation, mixed with formulation buffer and lyophilized.
After reconstitution, each approximately 0.5-mL dose contains not less than 3.0 log10 TCID50 (Tissue Culture Infectious Dose 50%) of live, attenuated chikungunya virus. Each dose also contains 0.05 mg recombinant human albumin, 25 mg sucrose, 2.5 mg D-sorbitol, 0.75 mg L-methionine, 0.51 mg magnesium chloride hexahydrate, 3.68 mg trisodium citrate di-hydrate, 0.313 mg di-potassium hydrogen phosphate, and 0.098 mg potassium di-hydrogen phosphate. Each dose may contain residual amounts of Vero cell proteins (less than 5 ng/dose), Vero cell DNA (less than 10 pg/dose), bovine serum albumin (less than 500 pg/dose) and protamine sulphate (less than 1 mcg/dose), from the manufacturing process.
IXCHIQ does not contain a preservative.
The stoppers of the syringes containing Sterile Water Diluent Component and the stoppers of the vials containing Lyophilized Antigen Component, Live, are not made with natural rubber latex.