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Merck Vaccines Performance Data Summary 2005-2008


  2008 2007 2006 2005
Number of countries where Merck has committed to no-profit prices for ROTATEQ and GARDASIL 72 72 N/A N/A
Number of low and middle income countries using Merck's vaccines in their public sectors 16 11 N/R N/R
Number of vaccines approved, registered in number of countries 11 vaccines
in 114 countries
11 vaccines
in more than 100 countries
N/R N/R
  • Number of doses sold worldwide of ROTATEQ, GARDASIL and MMRII
55.9M 46.5M N/R N/R
  • In high human development index (HDI) countries
52.6M 44M N/R N/R
  • In medium HDI countries
3.3M 1.6M N/R N/R
  • In low HDI countries
43,000 0 N/R N/R
  • In GAVI countries*
603,000 504,000 N/R N/R
Number of new country registrations of GARDASIL and ROTATEQ globally (and cumulative to date) 18 (196) 72 (178) 105 (106) 1 (1)
  • In high HDI countries
6 (119) 31 (113) 81 (82) 1 (1)
  • In medium HDI countries
11 (51) 28 (40) 12 (12) 0 (0)
  • In low HDI countries
1 (17) 11 (16) 5 (5) 0 (0)
  • In GAVI countries*
8 (38) 21 (30) 9 (9) 0 (0)
Partnership data:
  • Merck investment in MVN-A ($US)
800,000 1M 400,000 400,000
  • Number of health care professionals trained through MVN-A
142 97 103 89
  • ROTATEQ Access Program (Nicaragua) : total doses of vaccine delivered as 1st, 2nd or 3rd dose (as of 12/31/2008)
329,560 291,797 20,325 N/A
  • Total doses of ROTATEQ delivered as 3rd dose (fully vaccinated child) (as of 12/31/2008)
106,700 87,611 0 N/A
  • Vaccine coverage (% receiving 3rd dose of ROTATEQ) among Nicaraguan infants. (as of 12/31/2008)
81% 80% 0 N/A

* GAVI list includes 72 countries that are eligible for funding; this includes countries that are classified as low HDI as well as some countries that are classified as medium HDI. Fifteen UN member countries are not included in the HDI due to lack of data.
† Prior year data have been adjusted due to a change in methodology.

 







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