Scientific American Debate continues about the efficacy of vaccinating teens against the sexually transmitted papillomavirus as rates of noncervical HPV cancers climbs By Katherine Harmon November 2, 2010 Head and neck cancer patients were once primarily older heavy smokers and drinkers. Now, the majority who are diagnosed with the disease are closer to middle age […]
Girls as Guinea Pigs: What the CDC’s “Gardasil for Boys” Issue Says About Sexism in Medicine
BNET by Jim Edwards November 1, 2010 The CDC’s pending decision over whether to recommend vaccinating boys against human papillomavirus will be interesting in terms of what it says about sexism in medicine: The issue is complicated because the vaccine is already recommended for girls. As more girls become immune to HPV, herd immunity kicks […]
CDC reconsiders HPV vaccine use in boys
Fierce Pharma October 29, 2010 — 9:54am ET | By Tracy Staton The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisors are considering whether to recommend that boys get the human papillomavirus vaccine as well as girls. It’s the second time CDC officials have weighed the vaccine’s value for boys, and the experts just can’t […]
Glaxo to pay $750 million in adulterated drugs case
Reuters By Toni Clarke BOSTON | Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:57pm EDT BOSTON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to pay $750 million and plead guilty to manufacturing and distributing adulterated drugs from a now closed plant in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The company had said in July it reached […]
S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. Asks FDA to Rescind Approval of Gardasil™: Inappropriate Endpoint and Unreliable HPV Genotyping Methods Used for Vaccine’s Efficacy Evaluation
GEN Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News October 25, 2010 Source:biowire In a letter addressed to Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the FDA commissioner, Ms. Norma Erickson, president of S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc. stated her research team has revealed the fact that in November 2001 the VRBPAC (Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee) mistakenly allowed the vaccine manufacturer […]
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