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More Questions About Gardasil®

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

A Recent CNN Article lead with this headline… Gardasil® Deaths, Gardasil® Side Effects, Gardasil® Paralysis – Is the HPV Vaccine Given to Prevent Cervical Cancer Causing More Medical Problems? A vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer is coming under fresh scrutiny amid thousands of complaints linking it to a range of health problems. Gardasil® has [...]

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FDA Addresses Questions About Gardasil®

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Those of you who are regular readers know that I think Gardasil® is the wrong solution for preventing Cervical Cancer. It is my considered opinion that Gardasil® has one purpose — it is a much needed cash cow for Merck, in their time of financial need.  My attempt at “Fair and Balanced” reporting is to [...]

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Gardasil VAERS adverse reactions

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

1824 cases of adverse reactions to the Gardasil vaccination made by Merck. 35 of these adverse reactions are spontaneous abortions. These can be located on pages:

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Gardasil Financial Factoid

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Follow The Money… Merck has a growing economic interest in Virginia. In December 2006, Merck announced it would invest $57 million to expand its Elkton, Va., plant to make Gardasil, helped by a $700,000 grant from a state economic development agency that is part of the executive branch. Two months later, Gov. Tim Kaine, who [...]

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NY Times Exposes Merck Gardasil® Predatory Advertising Campaign

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Opportunistic marketing isn’t new. Mass merchandising of tobacco products to minors delivered millions of “Hooked for Life” or at least until premature death ‘users” for BIG TOBACCO. With recent regulations that allegedly limited marketing tobacco to minors, rapacious advertising agencies and armies of mercenaries (lobbyists) have moved to a new, even more, profitable venue —BIG [...]

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Gardasil® Product Price Review

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Gardasil® — What is it worth?

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Merck lobbying States to mandate Gardasil for school girls

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Merck recently has been providing lobbyists throughout the country with information about its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil in an effort to encourage states to mandate that middle-school age girls receive it, the Baltimore Sun reports (Smitherman, Baltimore Sun, 1/29). FDA in July 2006 approved Gardasil for sale and marketing to girls and women ages nine [...]

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European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Testing for HPV Testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a useful first step for cervical cancer screening in women younger than 35 years, preliminary findings indicate. Testing for HPV is better than standard cell testing at picking up pre-cancerous changes, but it is also more likely to yield false results. This is particularly true [...]

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