Patient advocacy groups call for more use of HPV vaccine

Patient advocacy groups HPV Action and the Teenage Cancer Trust have said that a new program in the UK, offering HPV vaccines for boys, is insufficient.

Allie Nawrat, pharmaceutical technology writer at industry analyst GlobalData, noted that, “unlike the existing program for girls, where the HPV vaccine is available for free until the age of 25, it will only be offered to boys aged 12 to 13.”

The groups are calling for older boys to be included in the immunization program, to help prevent cancer, which has been closely linked with HPV infection.