Three key points of the HPV vaccine

How much does the HPV vaccine cost? GlaxoSmithKline’s HPV bivalent vaccine is priced at 580 yuan per dose in mainland China, and the vaccination requires three shots, with a price of 1,740 yuan for three doses. In Hong Kong, the bivalent and quadrivalent vaccines cost about two thousand, and the nine-valent vaccine costs about three thousand, with some slight variations in vaccine prices from hospital to hospital and from place to place. Can HPV vaccine be given in China now? At present, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau have been approved and listed for bivalent, quadrivalent, and nine-valent vaccines based on foreign data, while domestic data on the effectiveness and safety of the mainland population has not yet been fully obtained, and only bivalent vaccines are currently listed. The bivalent vaccine is available for the national market and can be administered at community hospitals and community health centers in major cities. However, since the arrival time of the vaccine varies from region to region, the exact timing of vaccination depends on the situation. What is the vaccination schedule? The vaccine will be administered using a 3-dose immunization schedule, following a 0, 1, 6 vaccination schedule. In other words, 1 month between the 1st and 2nd dose, 5 months between the 2nd and 3rd dose, and 6 months to complete the 3 doses. Are there any side effects of HPV vaccine? Data from the Jadaxiu vaccine side effect surveillance suggest that there are 398,000 adverse events reported for hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine, 91% of which are non-serious side effects (dizziness, weakness, pain and swelling at the vaccination site, fever, nausea) and 9% are serious adverse events (death, disability, illness requiring hospitalization), but no link between the occurrence of these serious adverse events and the vaccine has been indicated.