The Medical News November 18, 2010 Merck announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has advised that the data presented support an indication for GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] for the prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial […]
GARDASIL® is First Cervical Cancer Vaccine to Receive WHO Pre-qualification
Merck Newsroom WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., May 26, 2009 – GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant], Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine, has been awarded World Health Organization (WHO) pre-qualification. GARDASIL is the first cervical cancer vaccine to receive WHO pre-qualification. WHO pre-qualification means that GARDASIL is now eligible for procurement by the United […]
HPV shot dilemma: Should gay boys be targeted?
MSNBC.com If you thought the controversy over giving the HPV vaccine to girls was heated, just wait for the fight about the boys. A government health panel is expected to vote soon on whether to recommend vaccinating boys and young men against the human papillomavirus. Since 2006, the vaccine has been advised in girls and […]
Adverse reactions to cancer vaccine reported
Irish Times November 15, 2010 EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health Correspondent MORE THAN 60 adverse reactions to the cervical cancer vaccine used in the State’s national immunisation programme have been reported so far to the Irish Medicines Board (IMB). To date about 45,000 doses of the HPV vaccine have been given to school girls as part of […]
Girls went into shock after their cancer jab
Herald.ie Dublin By Clodagh Sheehy Tuesday November 16 2010 Two girls went into anaphylactic shock and two suffered seizures in an anti-cervical cancer vaccine programme that caused adverse reactions in 55 school children over six months. New figures show the number and details of reactions to Gardasil, the drug used in the schools’ immunisation programme. […]
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