At a Glance: What UNICEF paid for some vaccines

Price trends for selected children's vaccines bought by UNICEF (in U.S. dollars):

Vaccine maker (Home Country) 2001       2004       2007       2010

Diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough vaccine, per dose charge in a 10-dose vial:

P.T. Bio Farma (Indonesia) 6.6 cents  12.49 cents15.3 cents 16 cents

Serum Institute of India 9 cents    10-11 cents16.8 cents 17.8 cents  

Sanofi Pasteur (France) Not sold   30 cents   33 cents   40 cents

Trivalent oral polio vaccine, per dose charge in a 20-dose vial:

Statens Serum Institut (Denmark) 7.1 cents  7.25 cents Not sold   Not sold   

Sanofi Pasteur (France) 7.91 cents 11 cents   13.24 cents14-16 cents

Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical (India)Not sold   Not sold   10.9 cents 13.25 cents

Panacea Biotec (India) Not sold   Not sold   11.77 cents14.31 cents

GlaxoSmith Kline Biologicals (U.K.)9.6 cents  9.4 cents  13.1 cents  15.5 cents

Novartis Vaccines (Switzerland) Supplier didn't agree to disclose prices.   

BCG tuberculosis vaccine, per dose charge in a 20-dose vial:

Serum Institute of India Not sold   4.75 cents 5.35 cents 5.7 cents

Intervax (Canada) 4.66 cents 5 cents    5.95 cents 6.9 cents

Sanofi Pasteur (France) 13 cents   Not sold   Not sold   Not sold   

Statens Serum Institut (Denmark) 6.15 cents 10.75 cents12.05 cents13.8 cents

Japan BCG Laboratory (Japan) Supplier didn't agree to disclose prices.       

Source: UNICEF.