Word: gardasil
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...VACCINES If all goes well, the FDA could approve the first vaccine for cervical cancer by 2006. A large-scale study presented at a meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in October found that Merck's experimental vaccine Gardasil was 100% effective against two strains of human papillomavirus that cause 70% of all cervical cancers. Another experimental Merck vaccine was tested this year for protection against shingles, the painful blistering disorder caused by the chicken-pox virus. In a trial of more than 38,500 adults 60 and older, the vaccine cut the risk of shingles by more...
...HORIZON: THE FIRST CANCER VACCINE A large-scale trial found Merck's experimental vaccine Gardasil 100% effective against two strains of human papillomavirus thought to cause 70% of all cervical cancers. If FDA approved, it may arrive...