Irish Medical Times November 16, 2010 By Lloyd Mudiwa lloyd.mudiwa@imt.ie Up to 17,000 doses of Gardasil had been administered as of the end of September 2010 under the HSE human papilloma virus (HPV) schools imm-unisation programme, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has confirmed. The Board said it had received a total of 34 reports of […]
CSL to Seek Australian Approval for Boy’s Gardasil Dosing
A New Merck Reviewed I will run down, later this weekend, whether New Merck receives any revenue sharing from Australia’s CSL — should these jabs be approved for administration to school-aged boys in that country. In any event, here is the Australian press report, overnight: . . . .[All Australian] secondary school boys could soon […]
MetroWest Medical Center approved to for HPV treatment trial
By Michael Morton/Daily News staff Massachusetts The MetroWest Daily News Posted Nov 14, 2010 @ 12:05 AM MetroWest Medical Center has won town health board approval for a drug trial to treat the most common sexually transmitted infection. With the backing, MetroWest Medical can soon join a 58-site nationwide clinical trial for a drug from […]
HPV Vaccine: Not Just for Women?
Genital warts and cancer are risks for boys and men, too. The government may recommend vaccination US News By Kurtis Hiatt Posted: November 12, 2010 For men, the potential consequences of infection by the human papillomavirus are nasty, like genital warts, and even life-threatening, as penile and anal cancers. But these complications are quite rare. […]
Gardasil HPV Vaccine Stopping Genital Warts
Widespread Vaccination of Girls Curtails Genital Warts, Even in Men By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Nov. 8, 2010 Australia’s campaign to vaccinate girls and young women against the human papillomavirus (HPV) has cut genital warts cases by about 60% in young women — and by almost 30% […]
