By: Martha Rosenberg 08 December 2010 Prescription drug advertising can work miracles. With Vioxx, it got 20 million people to pay five times more for a pain reliever that doubled their risk of heart attack. But advertising may not be working with Merck’s Gardasil and GSK’s Cervarix, vaccines which protect against Human papillomavirus […]
FDA Reviewers Endorse Gardasil for Anal Cancer Prevention
By: Emily P. Walker 15 November 2010 WASHINGTON — Merck’s quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine, Gardasil, appears safe and effective at preventing anal cancer in males and females ages 9 to 26, FDA reviewers said. The vaccine was approved in 2006 to treat genital warts and cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer in females ages 9 […]