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FDA Approves Merck's HPV Vaccine, GARDASIL9, to Prevent Cancers and Other Diseases Caused by Nine HPV types Including Types that Cause About 90% of Cervical Cancer Cases
2014-12-11 23:30:00| Merck.com - Product News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. GARDASIL 9 includes the greatest number of HPV types in any available HPV vaccine KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Pamela Eisele, 267-305-3558Deb Wambold, 215-652-2913orInvestors:Joseph Romanelli, 908-740-1986Justin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
New HPV vaccine from Merck strengthens cervical cancer protection
2014-12-10 22:43:17| Biotech - Topix.net
The drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. has received approval for an updated version of its Gardasil vaccine that protects against an additional five strains of the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer.
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Girls have been urged to have the HPV jab
2014-09-16 02:32:13| Biotech - Topix.net
Almost 90 lives could be saved every year if almost all teenage girls were given the HPV jab, experts have said. If 96% of girls decided to have the vaccine, which protects against the human papilloma virus, then 198 cervical cancer cases and 87 deaths could be prevented every year, according to researchers from GlaxoSmithKline .
HPV vaccine is safe and effective reports long-term study
2014-08-19 06:38:14| Biotech - Topix.net
The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine protects against the two types of HPV that have the highest risk of cancer and two types that cause genital warts.
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Editorial: HPV vaccinations can save kids from misery and death
2014-08-10 11:18:55| Biotech - Topix.net
The rates of human papillomavirus vaccinations are stunningly low, despite the fact that the shot can help prevent certain kinds of cancer.
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