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. 2016 Jun 6;12(9):2469–2474. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1172162

Table 1.

Prices of vaccines produced by R&D and non-R&D producers.

Vaccine No. producers
    Price/dose (USD)
  Price/dose (USD)
GAVI vaccines 2001b 2014 UNICEF Supply status 2014a R&D-producers 2001b 2014 Differenced Non-R&D producers 2001b 2014 Differenced
DTP-HepB-Hib (10 dose vials) 1 3 Supply > demand         Serum Institute of India 1.75–2.105 1.95–2.105 +5.2%
                biological E 1.19  
                Panacea 1.8–1.94  
DTP-HepB-Hib 1 3 Supply > demand Crucell/Berna B Korea 3.63 2.4–2.6 −31.1% biological E 2.35  
                Serum Institute of India 2.7  
Human papillomavirus 2 2 Supply > demand GSK 4.6 4.6 0%        
        Merck 4.5 4.5 0%        
Measles (10 dose vials) 3 3 Limited supply Sanofi Pasteur 0.144 0.45 +212% Serum Institute of India 0.109 0.252 +131%
                Eisai Co 0.125  
                PT Biofarma 0.219  
Measles-rubella (10 dose vials) 1 1 Limited supply         Serum Institute of India 0.48 0.55 +15.6%
Meningococcal A (10 dose vials) 1 1 Limited supply         Serum Institute of India 0.426 0.6 +40.8%
Rotavirus 2 2 Very limited supply GSK 1.88 1.88 0%        
        Merck 5 3.5–5 −15%        
Yellow fever (10 dose vials) 1 2 Very limited supply Sanofi Pasteur 1.133   Institute Pasteur de Dakar 0.5 1.132 +126%
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccinec 2 2 Very limited supply Pfizer 3.5 3.5 0%        
        GSK 3.5 3.5 0%        
Non-GAVI vaccines                      
BCG (20 dose vials) 4 3   Statens Serum Institute 0.0615 0.153 +149% Intervax 0.0466 0.073 +56.7%
        Sanofi Pasteur 0.13   Japan BCG Lab 0.0565 0.137 +142%
                Serum Institute of India 0.065  
DT (10 dose vials) 2 2           Intervax 0.0585 0.1195 +104%
                PT Biofarma 0.04  
                SII 0.115  
DTP (10 dose vials) 3 1   Sanofi Pasteur 0.09   PT Biofarma 0.066 0.197 +198%
                Serum Institute of India 0.09  
Td (10 dose vials) 2 3           Intervax 0.048 0.117 +144%
                Serum Institute of India 0.046 0.11 +139%
                BioFarma 0.1  
TT (10 dose vials) 3 4           Intervax 0.0375 0.093 +148%
                Serum Institute of India 0.038 0.077 +103%
                Shanta 0.08  
                Biological E 0.07  
                PT biofarma 0.034  
                       
Hepatitis B (10 dose vials) 2 2   Crucell 0.32 0.16 −50% LG life sciences 0.31 0.173 −44%
Measles-mumps-rubella (10 dose vials) 1 1   GSK 1.85–2.5   Serum Institute of India 1.025  
tOPV (10 dose vials) 2 2   GSK 0.102 0.18 +76%        
        Sanofi Pasteur 0.0856 0.205 +139%        
Note. —,

vaccine not supplied by this manufacturer.

a

Source http://www.unicef.org/supply/files/Product_Menu_August_2014.pdf.

b

Or date of first GAVI purchase.

c

Price fixed via Advance Market Commitment.

d

Price increases were calculated using average price when the price/dose was provided as a range.