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. 2010 Aug 17;6(8):619–626. doi: 10.4161/hv.6.8.11563

Table 1.

Infectious disease vaccines receiving U.S. food and drug administration (FDA) approval since 1990 (excluding biodefense vaccines)

Vaccine name Infectious disease(s) Vaccine type Manufacturer Year FDA approval Starting price ($US) Source
JE-VAX Japanese Encephalitis Inactivated Biken 1992 NA 68
HAVRIX Hepatitis A Inactivated GlaxoSmithKline Biologics (GSK) 1995 28.45* 68, 69
VARIVAX Varicella Virus (ChickenPox) Live Merck 1995 41.41* 68, 69
Tripedia Diptheria, Tetanus toxoids and acellular Pertussis (DTaP) Toxoid Sanofi Pasteur 1996 19.43 68, 69
ActHIB Haemophilus type b (hib B) Conjugate Sanofi Pasteur 1996 14.5 68, 69
COMVAX hib B and Hepatitis B (HBV) Conjugate Merck 1996 43.56* 68, 69
VAQTA Hepatitis A (HAV) Inactivated Merck 1996 44.49* 68, 69
INFANRIX DTaP Toxoid GSK 1997 17.05 68, 69
ENERGIX-B HBV Recombinant GSK 1998 24.2 68, 69
LYMErix Lyme Disease Recombinant GSK 1998 61.25 27, 70
TICE BCG Mycobacterium bovis Live Organon Teknika 1998 NA 68
RotaShield Rotavirus Live Wyeth-Ayerst 1998 30 71
RECOMBIVAX HB HBV Recombinant Merck 1999 20.37 68, 69
Prevnar Pneumococcal Conjugate Wyeth 2000 58 68, 69
TWINRIX HAV & HBV Inactivated Recombinant GSK 2001 78.67* 68, 69
DAPTACEL DTaP Toxoid Sanofi Pasteur 2002 20.24 68, 69
PEDIARIX DTaP, HBV, inactivated Poliovirus (IPV) Toxoid GSK 2002 69.41* 68, 69
FluMist Influenza Live MedImmune 2003 22.50* 68, 69
ProQuad Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Live Merck 2005 117.6 68, 69
Menactra Bacterial Meningitis Conjugate Sanofi Pasteur 2005 82 68, 69
ADACEL Tetanus toxoid, reduced Diphtheria toxoid, and acellular Pertussis (tdap) Toxoid Sanofi Pasteur 2005 35.75 68, 69
BOOSTRIX tdap Toxoid GSK 2005 35.25 68, 69
GARDASIL Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Inactivated Merck 2006 119.75 68, 69
RotaTeq Rotavirus Live Merck 2006 63.25 68, 69
ZOSTAVAX Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Live Merck 2006 174* 68, 72
KINRIX DTaP & IPV Toxoid GSK 2008 48 68, 69
Pentacel DTaP, IPV, hib B conjugate Toxoid Sanofi Pasteur 2008 72.91 68, 69
ROTARIX Rotavirus Live GSK 2008 102.5 68, 69
HIBERIX hib B Conjugate GSK 2009 22.83 68, 69
CERVARIX Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Inactivated GSK 2009 - 68
Ixiaro Japanese Encephalitis Inactivated Intercell 2009 - 68

All starting prices are the year of FDA approval unless otherwise noted. Excludes vaccines such as anthrax and plague vaccines licensed exclusively for military anti-bioterrorism use.

*

Starting price is the year after FDA approval.

Vaccine discontinued.

Vaccine no longer in production.