Cancer Vaccines
CDC Finalizes Advisory Panel Recommendations for Gardasil, Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Published in Health Business Week, April 13th, 2007
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has adopted the unanimous recommendation of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the use of GARDASIL(R) (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine) in girls and women ages 11 through 26. GARDASIL is indicated to help prevent cervical cancer, precancerous and low-grade cervical lesions, vulvar and vaginal precancers and genital warts caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16 and 18. The vaccination guidelines, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and now available to physicians, finalize the provisional recommendations issued by the...
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Source: Health Business Week (2007-04-13)
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