CDC Recommends Gardasil vaccination
I’ve posted before about Merck’s cancer vaccine Gardasil. You can see my other posts for further details. The final step after the FDA approval was whether or not the CDC would recommend it be used generally for young girls.
Merck Gets Vaccine-Panel Backing for Gardasil Shot Bloomberg.com
Today, the CDC did recommend the vaccine for all girls age 11-12 and as young as 9 at their doctors discretion. Since the vaccine is 100% effective in the clinical trials it should go a long way towards reducing or eliminating cervical cancer in women.
Merck is also looking at the vaccine in young boys and those clinical trials should be conclude by 2008. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) can also cause cancers and other problems in men.
It will be interesting to see what price Merck charges and whether or not insurance companies will cover it. Hopefully the relatively low cost of the vaccine will convince insurance companies that it is better than trying to catch the disease and treat it later.
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