Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe

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• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.

1. What Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you receive Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe
3. How Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe is given
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe
6. Contents of the pack and other information

If you are allergic to:

• the active ingredients or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
• beta-propiolactone, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, or polysorbate 80, which are trace residues from the manufacturing process.

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before receiving Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe.

BEFORE receiving the vaccine

• Your doctor or nurse will make sure that appropriate medical treatment and supervision is readily available in case of a rare anaphylactic reaction (a very severe allergic reaction with symptoms such as difficulty in breathing, dizziness, a weak and rapid pulse and skin rash) following the administration. This reaction may occur with Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe as with all vaccines that are injected.
• You should tell your doctor if you have an illness associated with fever. Your doctor may decide to delay your vaccination until your fever is gone.
• You should tell your doctor if your immune system is impaired, or if you are undergoing treatment which affects the immune system, e.g. with medicine against cancer (chemotherapy) or corticosteroid medicines (see section “Other medicines and Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe”).
• You should tell your doctor if you have a bleeding problem or bruise easily.
• Fainting can occur following, or even before, any needle injection, therefore tell the doctor or nurse if you fainted with a previous injection.

As with all vaccines, Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe may not fully protect all persons who are vaccinated.

Tell your doctor or nurse if you are using, have recently used or might use any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription or if you have recently received any other vaccine.

Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe may be given at the same time as other vaccines.

Pregnancy:

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby. Influenza vaccines may be given in any trimester of pregnancy.

Breast-feeding:

Use of Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe during breast-feeding has not been studied. Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe may be given during breast-feeding.

Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe has no or negligible effect on your ability to drive and use machines.

This vaccine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per dose, i.e. essentially ‘sodium free’.

This vaccine contains potassium, less than 1 mmol (39 mg) per dose, i.e. essentially ‘potassium free’.

Tell your doctor immediately or go to the casualty department at your nearest hospital if you experience the following side effect – you may need urgent medical attention or hospitalisation:

• difficulty in breathing, dizziness, a weak and rapid pulse and skin rash which are symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction (a very severe allergic reaction)

Tell your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following side effects – you may need medical attention:

• You feel weak, you have difficulty moving around or you experience numbness or tingling in your limbs. These can be symptoms of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune disease caused by your body’s own immune system.
• Extensive swelling of injected limb

Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):

• Injection site pain, bruising, reddening and hardening or swelling at the site of the injection
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Tiredness
• Loss of appetite
• Change in eating habits (only reported in children from 6 months to < 6 years)
• Irritability (only reported in children from 6 months to < 6 years)
• Sleepiness (only reported in children 6 months to < 6 years)
• Diarrhoea

Hardening or swelling at the site of the injection, headache, muscle pain, and tiredness were common in the elderly.

Bruising at the site of the injection was common in adults, elderly and children 9 to < 18 years.

Headache was common in the elderly.

Loss of appetite was common in adults, elderly and children 9 to < 18 years.

Diarrhoea was reported as common in adults, elderly and children 6 years of age and older.

Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• Nausea, vomiting
• Joint pain
• Shivering
• Fever (≥ 38°C)

Vomiting was uncommon in the elderly.

Fever was uncommon in adults and the elderly

Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):

• Numbness and tingling sensation (paraesthesia)
• Generalised skin reactions including itching, bumps on the skin (pruritis, urticaria) or non-specific rash

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

• The active substances are influenza virus surface antigens (haemagglutinin and neuraminidase), inactivated, of the following strains*:
  A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like strain (A/Georgia/12/2022, CVR-167) 15 micrograms HA**
  A/Massachusetts/18/2022 (H3N2)-like strain (A/Sydney/1304/2022, wild type) 15 micrograms HA**
  B/Austria/1359417/2021-like strain (B/Singapore/WUH4618/2021, wild type) 15 micrograms HA**
  B/Phuket/3073/2013-like strain (B/Singapore/INFTT-16-0610/2016, wild type) 15 micrograms HA**
  per 0.5 ml dose
  * propagated in Madin Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells (this is the special cell culture in which the influenza virus is grown);
  ** haemagglutinin

This vaccine complies with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation (northern hemisphere) and EU recommendation for the 2024/2025 season.

• The other ingredients are: sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride hexahydrate, disodium phosphate dihydrate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate and water for injections.

Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe is a suspension for injection in a pre-filled syringe (ready to use syringe).

Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe is a clear to slightly opalescent suspension.

A single syringe contains 0.5 ml of suspension for injection.

Cell-based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Surface Antigen, Inactivated) Seqirus suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe is available in packs containing 1 pre-filled syringe with or without needle or 10 pre-filled syringes with or without needles.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.