Latest HPV vaccine OK for import to mainland

People will no longer need to go to HK or elsewhere for treatment

Residents of the Chinese mainland now have access to a nine-way HPV vaccine - which works against up to nine types of HPV - after the medication was given the nod by China's top drug administration on Saturday.

It is the third HPV vaccine approved for the mainland market since the middle of last year. Such vaccines have proved effective against cervical cancer, the second-most common cancer among Chinese women aged 15 to 44, after breast cancer.