Increasing Number of Consumers are Concerned over HPV Vaccine Safety. When will the FDA and the CDC take the initiative to investigate the side effects of the HPV Vaccines? SANEVAX For Immediate Release December 27, 2010 PRLog The FDA’s December 22, 2010 ruling to expand the use of Gardasil for anal cancer prevention is unacceptable, […]
New-Age Vaccine Adjuvants: Friend or Foe?
BioPharm International A major unsolved challenge in adjuvant development is how to achieve a potent adjuvant effect while avoiding reactogenicity or toxicity Aug 2, 2007 By: Nikolai Petrovsky, Susanne Heinzel, Yoshikazu Honda, A. Bruce Lyons BioPharm International ABSTRACT Older vaccines made from live or killed whole organisms were effective, but suffered from high reactogenicity. As vaccine manufacturers developed […]
Counseling helps patients start and complete HPV shot regimen
American Medical News Only 30% who begin the three-dose vaccine series actuallycomplete it, a new study says. By Christine S. Moyer, amednews staff. Posted Nov. 23, 2010. Educating female patients age 9 to 26 about the human papillomavirus vaccine could help bolster their protection against cervical cancer, the author of a new report says. Only […]
Is Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger Pushing Drugs?
CBS Moneywatch.com By Marlys Harris | Nov 22, 2010 Could the blogger next door be accepting dough from big companies to shill their products? According to Kara McGuire, a staffer with the Minneapolis StarTribune, the answer is literally ‘yes.” Her recent story, “A New Recipe for the Web”, described General Mills’ efforts to promote its cake mixes […]
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 […]
