Reported by: Patricia McDonagh in the “Belfast Telegraph” 20 August 2010 Suspicions that vaccine trials had taken place on vulnerable Irish children — many of whom were in state care — first surfaced in the early 1990s. As the current decade dawned, former residents of children’s homes began to publicly raise concerns that they had […]
India cannot afford to use vaccines that are not cost effective
By: Jacob Puliyel 27 October 2010 Developing countries must spend their budgets wisely to save as many lives as possible. Your article about anti-vaccination scares “spilling over into the developing world, where they are threatening to derail global vaccination programmes” failed to present a balanced view of the situation (Why fear of vaccination is spelling […]
Controversial vaccine drive targts M.P. school girls now
By: Mahim Pretap Singh, published in ‘The Hindu’ 14 October 2010 Activists concerned over commercial ICMR investigations on side effects and ethical issues are still on. BHOPAL: The controversial anti-cervical cancer vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, trials of which were suspended by the Indian government earlier this year, are slowly expanding their presence in Madhya Pradesh […]
Panel May Clear Cervical Cancer Vaccine Trials
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 […]
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