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Decision Analysis of the COVID-19 Vaccines Cover

Figures & Tables

Visual PROMETHEE application for Vaccine selection

CriteriaDose NumberDosing ScheduleStorage AdvantagesEfficacySide Effects
Aim (Max/Min)
MinMinMaxMaxMin
Evaluation
Pfizer/Biontech2LNo95VH
Moderna2MNo94.5M
CanSino Biologics1MYes66M
Sputnik V2LNo95VL
EpiVacCorona2MYes100VL
Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV)2LYes79H
Sinopharm (WIBP-CorV)2LYes79H
CoronaVac2MYes83.5M
Oxford/AstraZeneca2MYes82H
Novavax2LYes89.3M
Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Janssen Pharmaceutical)1HYes72M
Inovio Pharmaceuticals + International Vaccine Institute2MNo95H
Covaxin (Bharat Biotech)2MNo81H
Medicago/GSK vaccine candidate2LNo95M
Covishield (Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII))2LNo62M

The linguistic fuzzy scale and the selected importance levels

Linguistic scaleTriangular fuzzy scaleCriteria
Very High (VH)0.75, 1, 1Efficacy
High (H)0.5, 0.75, 1Side Effects
Medium (M)0.25, 0.5, 0.75Logistic advantages
Low (L)0, 0.25, 0.5Dose Number, Dosing schedule
Very Low (VL)0, 0, 0.25-

A complete ranking of COVID-19 Vaccines

RankingVaccinesNet FlowPositive outranking flowNegative outranking flow
1EpiVacCorona0.32420.32510.0009
2Sputnik V0.19770.22270.0250
3Medicago/GSK vaccine candidate0.19320.21860.0254
4Inovio Pharmaceuticals + International Vaccine Institute0.19120.21780.0266
5Pfizer/Biontech0.19000.21810.281
6Moderna0.18810.21660.0284
7Novavax0.07000.19700.1271
8Sinovac/CoronaVac-0.04680.12280.1696
9Oxford / AstraZeneca-0.07670.09960.1762
10Covaxin (Bharat Biotech)-0.10500.08340.1884
11Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV)-0.12800.07760.2056
11Sinopharm (WIBP-CorV) (Janssen Pharmaceutical)-0.12800.07760.2056
13Johnson & Johnson vaccine-0.23680.05610.2929
14CanSino Biologics Inc.-0.29230.02480.3172
15Covishield (Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII))-0.34080.00060.3414
Language: English
Page range: 20 - 25
Published on: Jun 17, 2021
Published by: European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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