<P> The vaccine was first developed by the University of Queensland in Australia and the final form was made by researchers at the University of Queensland , Georgetown University Medical Center , University of Rochester , and the U.S. National Cancer Institute . Researchers Ian Frazer and Jian Zhou at the University of Queensland have been accorded priority under U.S. patent law for the invention of the HPV vaccine 's basis , the VLPs . In 2006 , the FDA approved the first preventive HPV vaccine , marketed by Merck & Co. under the trade name Gardasil . According to a Merck press release , in the second quarter of 2007 , it had been approved in 80 countries , many under fast - track or expedited review . Early in 2007 , GlaxoSmithKline filed for approval in the United States for a similar preventive HPV vaccine , known as Cervarix . In June 2007 this vaccine was licensed in Australia , and it was approved in the European Union in September 2007 . Cervarix was approved for use in the U.S. in October 2009 . </P>
<P> The vaccine was first developed by the University of Queensland in Australia and the final form was made by researchers at the University of Queensland , Georgetown University Medical Center , University of Rochester , and the U.S. National Cancer Institute . Researchers Ian Frazer and Jian Zhou at the University of Queensland have been accorded priority under U.S. patent law for the invention of the HPV vaccine 's basis , the VLPs . In 2006 , the FDA approved the first preventive HPV vaccine , marketed by Merck & Co. under the trade name Gardasil . According to a Merck press release , in the second quarter of 2007 , it had been approved in 80 countries , many under fast - track or expedited review . Early in 2007 , GlaxoSmithKline filed for approval in the United States for a similar preventive HPV vaccine , known as Cervarix . In June 2007 this vaccine was licensed in Australia , and it was approved in the European Union in September 2007 . Cervarix was approved for use in the U.S. in October 2009 . </P>
when did the hpv vaccine come out in us
when did the hpv vaccine come out in us
2009
2009