MINNESOTTA 2007
Tax-Payer Funded Gardisil Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc
From: HPV Vaccine: Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2007
The Minnesota immunization program is completely federally financed and receives no state funding.
In the public sector, the cost of Gardasil (the currently licensed quadrivalent HPV vaccine) is $96.75 per dose. Since a woman requires three doses of the vaccine, the total cost per patient in the public sector would be $290.25. In the private sector, the cost is $120.00 per dose or $360 for a complete series. These figures do not include administrative costs.
(snip)
MDH administers the Minnesota Vaccines for Children program (MnVFC), which covers Gardasil for eligible children through 18 years of age.
(snip)
For HPV vaccine, MnVFC focuses on covering routine vaccination at 11-12 years of age and catch-up of 13-18 year olds who are uninsured or underinsured. MnVFC also pays for HPV vaccine for uninsured and underinsured adult women ages 19 to 26 years in public health clinics, which is a temporary catch-up program, and was planning on expanding this to Title X family planning clinics.
(snip)
GlaxoSmithKline has developed another HPV vaccine, Cervavix, and is seeking FDA licensure for women ages 10 through 55 years. It is possible that this product will be available in 2008. This vaccine is called a bivalent vaccine because it only protects against two types of HPV: types 16 and 18. It does not protect against genital warts caused by viruses 6 or 11. As with Gardasil, studies in females show Cervarix to be almost 100 percent effective against HPV types 16 and 18 precancers.
MINNESOTA 2010
Providing Tax-Payer Funded Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline
Providing Tax-Payer Funded Gardasil, Merck & Co., Inc
From New VISs for Gardasil and Cervarix in MN 2010
New VISs for Gardasil and Cervarix There are now two VISs for HPV: one for Gardasil and one for Cervarix, both dated 3/30/2010.
Tax-Payer Funded Gardisil Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc
From: HPV Vaccine: Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2007
Michele Bachmann was elected to the US House of Representatives in November of 2006. She was no longer a member of the Minnesota Legislature when this matter was introduced.
Got anything else?
Good posting. Shows that Gardasil and Cervavix (Bachmann’s choice) would do essentially the same in reducing the HPV and cervical cancer in females.
Someone posted an article a couple of days ago on a topic-related thread that indicated that Alaska was getting Federal dollars in 2007 to support the Gardasil injections there. ....Same year that Rick Perry promoted the same.
That makes me wonder why Sarah Palin blasted Perry for this, when it was being done in Alaska while she was still Governor there. ....?????