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 […]
Media sways support for HPV vaccine
Futurity November 18, 2010 U. MINNESOTA (US) — Controversy surrounding state laws that require young girls to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus diminishes public support for the vaccine. News coverage about HPV vaccine requirements tends to amplify the controversy, possibly leading to negative attitudes among the public about the value of the HPV vaccine or […]
Merck announces FDA Advisory Committee approval of GARDASIL for anal cancer and AIN treatment
The Medical News November 18, 2010 Merck announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has advised that the data presented support an indication for GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] for the prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial […]
Allan Hildesheim: Will the HPV Vaccine Reach Young Women in Developing Coun
Cancer Prevention 2008 Issue 10 Allan Hildesheim, Ph.D. Senior Investigator Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Rockville, Maryland With licensure of the first prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new era in cervical cancer prevention has begun. The new vaccines add to the existing arsenal of prevention tools that can be used […]
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