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Vioxx Court Losses Ouch for the painkiller's maker Merck suffered two defeats in litigation over its drug Vioxx, which can cause heart attacks. It plans to appeal--and with some 14,000 other cases still pending, could probably use ... a painkiller...
...conservative groups met with representatives from Merck, the vaccine manufacturer, which among other things presented evidence at the CDC hearings that there was no data linking access to the vaccine with increases in sexual behavior. "We did what we ordinarily do when we are prepared to launch a vaccine," says Merck spokesperson Kelley Dougherty. "We met with physicians, consumer groups and in this case faith-based organizations, to talk about what the disease looks like, what the vaccine does; it was part of a broad communications strategy." Merck also launched an ad campaign, "Tell Someone," that aims to teach viewers...
...Sprigg, who was in the meetings, came away impressed with Merck's handling of their questions. Its representatives, he said, "expressed sympathy with our concern that this not be distributed with an accompanying message that this makes it safe to have sex. They acknowledged the limits of the vaccine, that it does not target all strains of HPV, or any other sexually transmitted diseases." During public hearings on the vaccine held by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in February, the Family Research Council representative applauded the vaccine, hoped that health care professionals would enforce the message...
...cancer-fighting vaccine, designed to protect women from four strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), two of which are believed to cause 70% of cervical-cancer cases; for females aged 9 to 26; by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; in Maryland. The drug, produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., is the first to attempt to prevent infections that can develop into cervical cancer, which each year kills as many as 233,000 women worldwide...
Gardasil offers nearly 100% protection against the two most common cancer-causing HPV strains, as well as two others that cause genital warts. But at $360 for three shots given over six months, the vaccine, which was developed by Merck, is among the most expensive on the market. The price tag alone probably puts it out of reach for many uninsured women in the U.S. (as well as those whose insurance companies balk at the cost), not to mention millions of poor women in the developing world, where cervical cancer is a leading cause of death. The Gates Foundation announced...