By: Joe C. Mathew, New Delhi 28 September 2010 The three-member expert committee of the health ministry may give a clean chit to the agencies that conducted observational clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of cervical cancer vaccines marketed by global drug majors GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Merck in the country. The studies, independently initiated […]
Gardasil Research Targets Girls from Vulnerable Communities
By: N B Sarojini and Anjali Shenoi 12 September 2010 During July and August 2009, the Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat governments, in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), launched what they described as a ‘demonstration project’ for vaccination against cervical cancer. Vaccines against […]
RTI Act Not Applicable to HPV Vaccine
By: Arti Dhar, ‘The Hindu’ 09 August 2010 NEW DELHI: Information on the demonstration project and licensing of two vaccines to prevent cervical cancer has been exempted from public disclosure under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. This is the reply received in response to an RTI application, submitted to the Union […]
HPV vaccinations in India: Moral and ethical questions raised by health advocacy groups
By: Norma Erickson, Vaccines Examiner 08 April 2010 Yesterday, V.M. Katoch, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, called a halt to an HPV vaccination ‘project’ being conducted in two rural Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. This ‘project’ was conducted by PATH International, in collaboration with the ICMR and the two respective state […]
A shot in the arm of vaccine research
By: Kim Capstick 25 November 2010 Viruses can cause illnesses that range in severity from minor irritations to potentially fatal diseases – and have even been linked to the causes of some cancers. Viral infections cause tremendous suffering worldwide, but can be effectively contained with the use of vaccines – which use genetic information from […]
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