KDCA on cost-effectiveness of expanding HPV vaccination

KDCA answers the National Assembly on-paper hearing, “Comprehensively reviewing for decision making”

HPV vaccine ‘Gardasil 9’

The government is apparently conducting a study on the cost-effectiveness of expanding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination subject and vaccine types.

 

The outcome of the research could affect the pharmaceutical industry.

 

On Feb.

 

24, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) official answered Democratic Party Lawmaker Choi Hye-young asking about the agency’s clear stance on the expansion of HPV vaccination subject, as a part of the low birthrate and aging society responding master plan, and said a relevant research is ongoing at the moment.

 

KDCA official elaborated, “The Fourth Low Birthrate and Aging Society Responding Master Plan states the government would review the effectiveness of expanding the HPV vaccination subject from female adolescents alone to both female and male adolescents and switching the quality vaccine targeting two to four types of HPV to nine types.

 

Based on the result of the consignment research in progress, the government agency would consider expanding the vaccination subject.” The ongoing research, running from May last year to coming May, would decide the prioritized order of the national vaccination subject and related mid to long-term plan.

 

And another follow-up research, running from last January to December next year, would analyze the cost-effectiveness in expanding the national HPV vaccination.

 

The KDCA official said, “The government would comprehensively evaluate the result of the policy research regarding the unique quality of the disease, the vaccine’s preventive efficacy against the disease and cost-effectiveness to decide the prioritized order of the vaccination from a public healthcare perspective.” Currently, HPV vaccines like Gardasil and Cervarix are supplied in South Korea.

 

The government’s decision to expand the vaccination subject and vaccine type could positively affect the relevant companies.