By Tracy Staton Merck’s ($MRK) Gardasil journey is becoming a saga, with twists and turns all over the place. When first approved, the vaccine against human papillomavirus was tagged as a no-brainer blockbuster. But uptake of the vaccine hit a snag; after about a third of eligible girls were vaccinated, sales growth stalled. The company’s […]
Gardasil Warning
By Jenny Thompson, Health Sciences International This is a warning for all parents and grandparents: Drug giant Merck wants to inject every one of your young girls and boys with Gardasil, the controversial HPV vaccine. It’s controversial, of course, because it’s been shown to prevent a few types of human papillomavirus, but it certainly is […]
Merck’s Marketing Department Declares HPV is a Disease! SaneVax Inc. Declares Gardasil a Disease
By Leslie Carol Botha, Vice President Public Relations July 16, 2011 – Merck’s well-honed marketing professionals have done it again – they have captured the attention of parents and girl’s around the country with their marketing campaign labeling HPV a disease. Ads have appeared throughout the summer in the national newspapers like Sunday’s Parade Magazine, […]
Despite Vaccine, Shingles Keeps Striking Elderly Patients
Originally posted on FairWarning The virus that causes childhood chickenpox doesn’t fade away with youth. It haunts people later in life in the form of shingles, a disease affecting more than one million Americans a year that can cause excruciating pain, lesions, vision impairment and other severe symptoms. As The New York Times reports, about […]
Partnering for HPV Vaccine Introduction, Part 1: Questions Unanswered
By Norma Erickson, President of SaneVax Inc. On 5 October 2005, eight months prior to FDA approval of the HPV vaccine Gardasil, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO, a regional office of the World Health Organization) sponsored a meeting in Washington D.C. The theme of this meeting was, Partnering for HPV Vaccine Introduction. According to […]
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