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Gam-COVID-Vac

Russian viral vector vaccine based on human adenovirus
Class type of: COVID-19 vaccine, adenovirus-based vaccine, vaccine candidate Q98270627

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
medication
Official website
sputnikvaccine.com[10]
Subclass of
COVID-19 vaccine, adenovirus-based vaccine, vaccine candidate[5][6][7]
Announcement date
May 2020[27]
Country of origin
Russia[8]
Described by source
An Open Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of "Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo" Vaccine Against COVID-19, Covid-19: Russia approves vaccine without large scale testing or published results, An Open Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the Drug "Gam-COVID-Vac" Vaccine Against COVID-19, Clinical Trial of Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of Gam-COVID-Vac Vaccine Against COVID-19 (RESIST), Clinical Trial of Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of Gam-COVID-Vac Vaccine Against COVID-19 in Belarus, Safety and efficacy of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine: an interim analysis of a randomised controlled phase 3 trial in Russia[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Developer
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology[4]
Named after
Sputnik 1, victory[2][3]
Native label
Gam-COVID-Vak[22]
Nickname
Spoetnik V, Sputnik V, Спутник V, Szputnyik vakcina, Spoutnik V, Sputnik V[17][18][19][20][21]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject COVID-19[26]
Price
+20, +10[24][25]
Route of administration
intramuscular injection[9]
Social media followers
1.0M (216k–1.1M, n=3)[28][29][30]
Vaccine for
COVID-19[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Russian Sputnik vaccine en Gamaleya Research Institute COVID-19 vaccine candidate en Gam-COVID-Vac en Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo en Sputnik vaccine en Sputnik V en Russian vaccine ar سبوتنيك 5 ar اللقاح الروسي ar سبوتنيك في ar لقاح سبوتنيك cs ruská vakcína cs Gam-KOVID-Vak cs Gam-COVID-Vac de Sputnik V es Sputnik V es Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo es vacuna candidata del Instituto de Investigación Gamaleya es Vacuna rusa contra la COVID-19 fa اسپوتنیک ۵
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Посещение пункта вакцинации от COVID-19 (С. Собянин; декабрь 2020) (3, cropped).jpg ↗
ATC code
J07BN02
CAS Registry Number
2541629-85-8
DrugBank ID
DB15848
Facebook username
sputnikvaccine
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11kgljhc40
Instagram username
sputnik_vaccine
Telegram username
sputnik_vaccine
VIOLIN ID
5777
Vaccine Ontology ID
VO_0005163
X (Twitter) username
sputnikvaccine

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🔗 Connections
Named after 2
Sputnik 1, victory
Country of origin 1
Russia
Developer 1
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject COVID-19
Route of administration 1
intramuscular injection
Subclass of 1
COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine for 1
COVID-19
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Summary

Gam-COVID-Vac is a medication[1].

Related Entities

Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology Russia Sputnik 1

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  10. [11] ↑ . covid-19tracker.milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved . covid-19tracker.milkeninstitute.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . covid-19tracker.milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved . covid-19tracker.milkeninstitute.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . dailysabah.com. dailysabah.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Aisafatima · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Посещение пункта вакцинации от COVID-19 (С. Собянин; декабрь, Вакцина Спутник V.jpg, Viales de vacuna Sputnik V de componente 1 y 2.jpg
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  2. 19w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Subclass of → COVID-19 vaccine, adenovirus-based vaccine, vaccine candidate
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → An Open Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of "Gam-COVID-Vac Lyo" Vaccine Against COVID-19, Covid-19: Russia approves vaccine without large scale testing or published results, An Open Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the Drug "Gam-COVID-Vac" Vaccine Against COVID-19 +3
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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