Behringwerke Rabipur rabies vaccine is comparable to current vaccines; company says it could cost less.

BEHRINGWERKE RABIPUR WILL COST LESS THAN OTHER RABIES VACCINES currently on the market, the company told FDA's Vaccines & Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Jan. 29. Pasteur Merieux' Imovax rabies vaccine costs $90 to $135 per 1 mL dose, according to Behringwerke, while the Michigan Department of Public Health's vaccine costs over $150 per 1 mL dose. The company would not disclose a proposed price but told the committee it would be lower than the other two.