Mirror United Kingdom By Miriam Stoppard 22/11/2010 We’ve made great inroads in the fight against cervical cancer. Before the cervical screening programme was introduced in 1988, the death rate from the disease had tripled over 20 years. Now regular smear tests save an estimated 5,000 lives a year, according to the charity Cancer Research UK. […]
FDA advisory backs Merck & Co’s Gardasil for prevention of anal cancer and AIN in both men and women
thepharmaletter Article | 19 November 2010 The US Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has advised that the data presented support an indication for drug giant Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) Gardasil ([Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent [Types 6, 11, 16, and 18] Vaccine, Recombinant) for the prevention of anal cancer and […]
Adverse reactions to cancer vaccine reported
Irish Times November 15, 2010 EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health Correspondent MORE THAN 60 adverse reactions to the cervical cancer vaccine used in the State’s national immunisation programme have been reported so far to the Irish Medicines Board (IMB). To date about 45,000 doses of the HPV vaccine have been given to school girls as part of […]
Update on National Monitoring Experience with Gardasil
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD 11th November 2010 The HSE human papillomavirus (HPV) Schools Immunisation Programme commenced in May 2010. It is estimated that 60,000 doses of Gardasil have been distributed and approximately 45,000 doses have been administered up to the end of October 2010. The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has received a total of 64 reports […]
FDA Committee Supports Merck’s Gardasil For Anal Cancer Prevention
StockMarketsReview.com November 17, 2010 (RTTNews) – Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) said Wednesday that an U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Commitee supported an approval for its human papillomavirus vaccine ‘Gardasil’, for prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial neoplasia in both males and females aged 9 to 26 years. Merck said the […]
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