By: Lynn Shapiro 08 October 2010 The anticipated approval of Gardasil [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant, Merck] for women 27 to 45 years of age has thrown the issue of vaccine reimbursement for pharmacists into the spotlight. A Merck spokeswoman told Drug Topics that the company expects to hear […]
Gardasil Anal Cancer Indication to Face FDA Advisory Committee Scrutiny
By: S. Sutter 27 September 2010 Merck’s bid to further expand the label for its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil – this time for the prevention of anal cancer and anal dysplasia – will face FDA advisory committee scrutiny in November. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet on Nov. 17 to discuss […]
To Vaccinate Your Teenager, or Not?
Posted by: Alice Shabecoff, Care2.com 14 September 2010 As soon as a teenage girl walks into her pediatrician’s office, he will suggest another vaccination, to be delivered through a series of shots spaced out over six months. This time the vaccine is Gardasil, intended to protect her from being infected by the human papilloma virus, […]
Gardasil and seizures: Is VAERS now taking a connection seriously?
Posted by: Kristin Johns 13 September 2010 Theresa E was floored when she got a phone call from VAERS, the FDA’s vaccine adverse event reporting system. Yes, the caller said, investigators did indeed feel that Theresa’s daughter’s seizures could be a serious reaction to Merck’s anti-HPV vaccine, Gardasil. Although Theresa had had a hunch that […]
NCI on Cervical Cancer Prevention and HPV vaccines: What’s a Woman to do?
By: Norma Erickson 31 August 2010 The following is a direct quote from a recently revised copy of “Cervical Cancer Prevention, Health Professional Version,” published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI): “The finding of HPV viral DNA integrated in most cellular genomes of cervical carcinomas supports epidemiologic data linking this agent to cervical cancer however, […]
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