INFLUVAC TETRA Injectable Suspension in Pre-filled Syringe
How to use INFLUVAC TETRA Injectable Suspension in Pre-filled Syringe
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Introduction
Prospectus: Information for the user
Influvac Tetra injectable suspension in a pre-filled syringe
Influenza vaccine (inactivated surface antigen)
2025/2026 Campaign
Read the entire prospectus carefully before you or your child is vaccinated, as it contains important information for you and your child.
- Keep this prospectus, as you may need to read it again.
- If you have any doubts, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.
- This vaccine has been prescribed to you or your child only. Do not give it to others.
- If you or your child experience side effects, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. Even if they are side effects not listed in this prospectus. See section 4.
Contents of the prospectus
- What Influvac Tetra is and what it is used for
- What you need to know before you or your child starts using Influvac Tetra
- How to use Influvac Tetra
- Possible side effects
- Storage of Influvac Tetra
- Package contents and additional information
1. What Influvac Tetra is and what it is used for
Influvac Tetra is a vaccine. This vaccine helps you or your child protect against influenza, especially in people who are at high risk of related complications. Influvac Tetra is indicated for adults and children from 6 months of age. The use of Influvac Tetra should be based on official recommendations.
When a person receives the Influvac Tetra vaccine, their immune system (the body's natural defense system) will produce its own protection (antibodies) against the disease. None of the vaccine components can cause influenza.
Influenza is a disease that can spread quickly and is caused by different types of strains that can change every year. Therefore, it is necessary for you or your child to be vaccinated every year. The greatest risk of getting influenza is during the cold months between October and March. If you or your child did not get vaccinated in the fall, it is still reasonable to get vaccinated until spring, as you or your child are at risk of getting influenza until then. Your doctor will recommend the best time to be vaccinated.
Influvac Tetra will protect you or your child against the four strains of the virus contained in the vaccine approximately 2 to 3 weeks after injection.
The incubation period of influenza is a few days, so if you or your child are exposed to influenza immediately before or after vaccination, you or your child may still develop the disease.
The vaccine will not protect you or your child against the common cold, even though some of the symptoms are similar to influenza.
2. What you need to know before you or your child starts using Influvac Tetra
To ensure that Influvac Tetra is suitable for you or your child, it is important to consult with your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse if any of the following points apply to you or your child. If there is anything you do not understand, ask your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse to explain it to you.
Do not use Influvac Tetra
- If you or your child is allergic (hypersensitive) to:
- the active ingredients, or
- any of the other components of Influvac Tetra (listed in section 6), or
- any component that may be present in small amounts, such as eggs (ovoalbumin or chicken proteins), formaldehyde, cetrimide, polysorbate 80, or gentamicin (an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections)
- If you or your child has a high fever or an acute infection, vaccination should be postponed until you or your child has recovered.
Warnings and precautions
You or your child should tell your doctor before vaccination if you or your child has:
- a poor immune response (immunodeficiency or taking medications that affect the immune system)
- a bleeding or bruising problem
Your doctor will decide if you or your child should receive the vaccine.
After or even before any injection with the needle, fainting, dizziness, or other stress-related reactions may occur. Therefore, you should inform your doctor or nurse if you or your child has experienced this type of reaction previously with an injection.
If, for any reason, you or your child has a blood test a few days after influenza vaccination, please inform your doctor. This is because false-positive blood test results have been observed in a few patients who have been recently vaccinated.
Like all vaccines, Influvac Tetra does not completely protect all vaccinated individuals.
Other medications and Influvac Tetra
- Tell your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse if you or your child is using, has recently used, or may need to use any other vaccine or any other medication, including medications without a prescription.
- Influvac Tetra can be used at the same time as other vaccines, but in different limbs. Side effects may be more intense.
- The immune response may be reduced in the case of immunosuppressive treatment, such as corticosteroids, cytotoxic medications, or radiation therapy.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or plan to become pregnant, ask your doctor before taking this medication.
Influenza vaccines can be used in all stages of pregnancy. More safety data are available for the second and third trimesters compared to the first trimester; however, worldwide data on the use of influenza vaccines do not indicate any adverse effect on pregnancy or the baby attributable to the vaccine.
Influvac Tetra can be used during breastfeeding.
Your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse will decide if you should receive Influvac Tetra. Consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse before taking any medication.
Driving and using machines
The influence of Influvac Tetra on the ability to drive and use machines is zero or insignificant.
Influvac Tetra contains sodium and potassium
This medication contains less than 1 mmol of sodium (23 mg) per dose, i.e., it is essentially "sodium-free".
This medication contains potassium, less than 1 mmol (39 mg) per dose, i.e., it is essentially "potassium-free".
3. How to use Influvac Tetra
Dosage
Adults receive a dose of 0.5 ml.
Use in children and adolescents
Children from 6 months to 17 years receive a dose of 0.5 ml.
Children under 9 years of age who have not been previously vaccinated with a seasonal influenza vaccine: a second dose should be administered after a minimum interval of 4 weeks.
For infants under 6 months, the safety and efficacy of Influvac Tetra have not been established.
Route(s) and/or method of administration
Your doctor or nurse will administer the recommended dose of the vaccine by intramuscular or deep subcutaneous injection.
If you have any other questions about the use of this product, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medications, Influvac Tetra can cause side effects, although not all people experience them.
Consult your doctor immediately if you or your child experiences any of the following side effects – you or your child may need urgent medical attention.
Severe allergic reactions (frequency not known, which occurred occasionally during the general use of the trivalent influenza vaccine):
- that may require medical assistance with a drop in blood pressure, rapid and shallow breathing, rapid heart rate and weak pulse, cool and sweaty skin, dizziness that can cause collapse (shock)
- very noticeable inflammation of the head and neck, including the face, lips, tongue, throat, or any other part of the body that can cause difficulty swallowing or breathing (angioedema).
During clinical trials with Influvac Tetra, the following side effects were observed:
Adults and elderly:
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
- headache
- fatigue
- local reaction: pain at the injection site.
a Reported as frequent in elderly adults (≥61 years)
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
- sweating
- muscle pain (myalgia), joint pain (arthralgia)
- feeling unwell in general (malaise), chills
- local reactions: redness, swelling, bruising (ecchymosis), hardening (induration) around the vaccine administration area.
Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people:
- fever.
Children (6 months to 17 years):
Side effects that occur in children between 6 and 35 months:
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
- drowsiness
- sweating
- loss of appetite
- diarrhea, vomiting
- irritability/agitation
- fever
- local reactions: pain, redness
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
- local reactions: swelling, hardening, bruising (ecchymosis)
Side effects that occur in children between 3 and 5 years:
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
- drowsiness
- loss of appetite
- irritability/agitation
- local reactions: pain at the injection site, redness, swelling, hardening around the area where the vaccine was injected.
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
- sweating
- diarrhea, vomiting
- fever
- local reaction: bruising (ecchymosis).
Side effects that occur in children between 6 and 17 years:
Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
- headache
- nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting
- muscle pain (myalgia)
- fatigue, general malaise
- local reactions: pain at the injection site, redness, swelling, hardening around the area where the vaccine was injected.
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
- sweating
- joint pain (arthralgia)
- fever
- shivering
- local reaction: bruising (ecchymosis).
All age groups
For all age groups, most of the reactions shown above usually occurred within the first 3 days after vaccination and resolved spontaneously between the first and third day after the start. The intensity of these reactions was generally mild.
Frequency not known:
- skin reactions that can spread throughout the body, including itching of the skin (pruritus, urticaria), rash
- inflammation of the blood vessels that can cause a skin rash (vasculitis) and, in very rare cases, temporary kidney problems
- pain located at the nerve endings (neuralgia), abnormal sensation of touch, pain, heat, and cold (paresthesia), seizures (convulsions) related to fever, neurological disorders that can lead to stiff neck, confusion, tingling, pain, and weakness in the limbs, loss of balance, loss of reflexes, paralysis of a part or all of the body (encephalomyelitis, neuritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome)
- temporary reduction in the number of certain types of blood particles called platelets; a low number of these can cause excessive bruising or bleeding (transient thrombocytopenia); temporary inflammation of the glands in the neck, armpit, or groin (transient lymphadenopathy).
Reporting of side effects
If you or your child experiences any side effect, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse, even if it is a possible side effect not listed in this prospectus. You can also report them directly through the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Use Medicines: https://www.notificaram.es. By reporting side effects, you can contribute to providing more information on the safety of this medication.
5. Storage of Influvac Tetra
Keep this medication out of sight and reach of children.
Do not use Influvac Tetra after the expiration date stated on the packaging after "EXP". The expiration date is the last day of the month indicated.
Store Influvac Tetra in the refrigerator (2°C – 8°C). Do not freeze.
Keep the product in its original packaging to protect it from light.
Medications should not be disposed of through wastewater or household waste. Deposit the packaging and medications you no longer need at the SIGRE collection point in your pharmacy. If in doubt, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the packaging and medications you no longer need. This way, you will help protect the environment.
6. Contents of the pack and additional information
What Influvac Tetra contains
The active substances are:
Influenza virus surface antigens (inactivated) (hemagglutinin and neuraminidase) of the following strains*:
| 15 micrograms HA ** |
(A/Croatia/10136RV/2023, X-425A) | 15 micrograms HA ** |
(B/Austria/1359417/2021, BVR-26) | 15 micrograms HA ** |
| 15 micrograms HA ** |
per 0.5 ml dose | |
** hemagglutinin |
This vaccine complies with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation (northern hemisphere) and with the European Union recommendation for the 2025/2026 season.
The other components are: potassium chloride, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, disodium phosphate dihydrate, sodium chloride, calcium chloride dihydrate, magnesium chloride hexahydrate, and water for injections.
Appearance of Influvac Tetra and pack contents
Influvac Tetra is an injectable suspension presented in glass pre-filled syringes (with/without needle) containing 0.5 ml of clear and colorless liquid for injection. Each syringe is for single use.
Pack with 1 or 10 syringes.
Only some pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing authorisation holder:
Viatris Healthcare Limited
Damastown Industrial Park
Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Dublin
Ireland
Manufacturer responsible for batch release:
Abbott Biologicals B.V.
Veerweg 12
NL - 8121 AA Olst
Netherlands
For further information about this medicinal product, please contact the local representative of the marketing authorisation holder:
Viatris Pharmaceuticals, S.L.
C/ General Aranaz, 86
28027 Madrid
Spain
This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the European Economic Area and in the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) under the following names:
Austria | Influvac Tetra Injektionssuspension in einer Fertigspritze |
Belgium | Influvac Tetra, suspensie voor injectie in een voorgevulde spuit |
Bulgaria | ???????? ????? ??????????? ????????? ? ????????????? ????????? ?????????? |
Croatia | Influvac Tetra suspenzija za injekciju u napunjenoj štrcaljki, cjepivo protiv influence (površinski antigeni), inaktivirano |
Czech Republic | Influvac Tetra, injekční suspense v predplnené injekcní stríkacce |
Cyprus, Greece | Influvac sub-unit Tetra |
Denmark, Iceland | Influvactetra |
Estonia, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia | Influvac Tetra |
France, Luxembourg | Influvac Tetra, suspension injectable en seringue préremplie |
Hungary | Influvac Tetra szuszpenziós injekció eloretöltött fecskendoben |
Ireland | Influvac Tetra, suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe |
Italy | Influvac S Tetra sospensione iniettabile in siringhe pre-riempite |
Latvia | Influvac Tetra suspensija injekcijam pilnšlirce |
Lithuania | Influvac Tetra injekcine suspensija užpildytame švirkšte |
Malta, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Influvac sub-unit Tetra, suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe |
Netherlands | Influvac Tetra, suspensie voor injectie in voorgevulde spuit 0,5 ml |
Romania | Influvac Tetra suspensie injectabilă în seringă preumplută |
Slovenia | Influvac Tetra suspenzija za injiciranje v napolnjeni injekcijski brizgi |
Spain | Influvac Tetra suspensión inyectable en jeringa precargada |
Sweden | Influvac Tetra injektionsvätska, suspension i förfylld spruta |
This leaflet was last revised in: June 2025
Detailed and up-to-date information on this medicinal product is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) https://www.aemps.gob.es/
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This information is intended for healthcare professionals only:
As with all injectable vaccines, appropriate medical treatment and supervision should always be readily available in case of anaphylactic reaction following administration of the vaccine.
The vaccine should reach room temperature. Shake before use.
Inspect visually before administration.
Do not use the vaccine if foreign particles are observed in suspension.
Do not mix with other medicinal products in the same syringe.
The vaccine must not be administered directly into any blood vessel.
Recommended injection sites are the anterolateral aspect of the thigh (or the deltoid muscle if muscle mass is adequate) in children from 6 months to 35 months of age, or the deltoid muscle in children from 36 months of age and adults.
Traceability
To improve the traceability of biological medicinal products, the name and batch number of the administered product should be clearly recorded.
See also section 3: How to use Influvac Tetra
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