The First International HPV Vaccine Information Clearinghouse
Pharmabiz
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 08:00 IST
Joseph Alexander, New Delhi
The three-member inquiry committee set up by the Health Ministry to investigate the deaths of six children in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat who were administered the controversial Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine is yet to submit its report even after four months against the mandated one month.
Case report
A 17-year-old female was referred for new-onset vision loss in both eyes 3 weeks after being vaccinated with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. A standard dose of 0.5 ml was injected intramuscularly into the left deltoid without any resulting skin reaction. Her medical history was significant for depression treated with quetiapine. Three weeks following vaccination, she developed painless vision loss in the left eye …
Australian Doctor
16 November 2005
An unglamorous quest to discover why HIV-positive men were plagued with anal warts led Professor Ian Frazer to a hugely lauded scientific discovery — a vaccine against cervical cancer. By Bianca Nogrady.
PROFESSOR Ian Frazer radiates energy, albeit an energy tinged with impatience. He may be enthusiastic and talkative throughout this umpteenth media interview, but you can tell he really just wants to get back to his work.
That’s understandable — after all, not only has he led research that could eliminate the spectre of cervical cancer, but he is now on the verge of another breakthrough that has some touting him as Australia’s next Nobel laureate.
Described as “the common cold of sexual activity”, HPV infects an estimated 630 million women around the world, indirectly claiming the lives of about 288,000 each year.
The Epoch Times
By Susanne Larsson
Epoch Times Staff
Sweden
Despite thousands of young girls’ accounts of severe side effects from Gardasil injections, the manufacturer, Merck & Co, Inc., continues to make and sell the vaccine, which is supposed to protect against cervical cancer. Now the girls’ parents warn about the vaccine on their own websites.
According to Natural News Magazine, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gardasil for the American market in 2006, and by February 2009, more than 40 million doses had been distributed worldwide.
Gardasil is a vaccine that’s supposed to prevent cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The virus spreads through sexual intercourse or skin contact.
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GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
Attention: Matthew Whitman
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King of Prussia, PA 19406-2772
Dear Mr. Whitman:
We have approved your request to supplement your biologics license application for Human Papillomavirus Bivalent (Types 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant, to add lymphadenopathy to the Adverse Reactions, Postmarketing Experience section of the full prescribing information.
