t is unusual for a new product to
6 create a vehement public response
with both supporters and detractors. One such product, which was approved by the FDA in 2006 and made widely available in 2007, is Gardasil.The drug was developed by Merck and Company.
Gardasil is provided in the form of a vaccine. It was developed to prevent cervical cancer by blocking infection from human papillomavirus, which is spread through sexual contact. The Food and Drug Administration permits Gardasil to be used by females ages 9 through 26, with the goal of inoculating girls before they become sexually active. Although the vaccine does not prevent every form of papillomavirus, it does treat four of the most com-
mon, including 100 percent prevention of the most common type and 70 percent of the four most common types combined.
Nearly half a million women are diagnosed with
cervical cancer each year. According to some experts, Gardasil might make it possible to eliminate cervical cancer within a
generation. It is also a victory for Merck, the fourth-biggest U.S.
drug maker, which has focused increasingly on vaccines and
may generate $3 billion in annual sales from Gardasil alone.
"It's important from a public health perspective because you're
eliminating a cancer,"said Les Funtleyder, an analyst in New York
for Miller Tabak & Co. "The subtle point is these guys are creating new drugs for important health problems, which is what a
pharma is supposed to do:'
Gardasil requires three doses to be given over 6 months.
In 2007, each dose cost around $120. Consequently, affordability may determine how effective the drug is in quelling cervical cancer. About 80 percent of cases are in poorer countries.
"Critical to success will be ensuring that women in the world's
poorest countries—where cervical cancer hits hardest—have
rapid and affordable access to this lifesaving new tool," said
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, a physician at the University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and president of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a statement. Human
papillomavirus, or HPV, is one of the most common sexually
transmitted viruses in the world, and it causes genital warts as
well as cancer. About 20 million people in the United States are
infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Why the controversy? Many social conservatives fear
that providing the vaccine may provide subtle approval for
young women to engage in sex, much in the same way as
providing birth control information and condoms are sometimes condemned. Some of the response was in regard to
the recommendations from a panel of experts assembled
by the CDC. The panel issues widely followed guidelines,
including recommendations for childhood vaccines that
become the basis for vaccination requirements set by
t is unusual for a new product to
6 create a vehement public response
with both supporters and detractors. One such product, which was approved by the FDA in 2006 and made widely available in 2007, is Gardasil.The drug was developed by Merck and Company.
Gardasil is provided in the form of a vaccine. It was developed to prevent cervical cancer by blocking infection from human papillomavirus, which is spread through sexual contact. The Food and Drug Administration permits Gardasil to be used by females ages 9 through 26, with the goal of inoculating girls before they become sexually active. Although the vaccine does not prevent every form of papillomavirus, it does treat four of the most com-
mon, including 100 percent prevention of the most common type and 70 percent of the four most common types combined.
Nearly half a million women are diagnosed with
cervical cancer each year. According to some experts, Gardasil might make it possible to eliminate cervical cancer within a
generation. It is also a victory for Merck, the fourth-biggest U.S.
drug maker, which has focused increasingly on vaccines and
may generate $3 billion in annual sales from Gardasil alone.
"It's important from a public health perspective because you're
eliminating a cancer,"said Les Funtleyder, an analyst in New York
for Miller Tabak & Co. "The subtle point is these guys are creating new drugs for important health problems, which is what a
pharma is supposed to do:'
Gardasil requires three doses to be given over 6 months.
In 2007, each dose cost around $120. Consequently, affordability may determine how effective the drug is in quelling cervical cancer. About 80 percent of cases are in poorer countries.
"Critical to success will be ensuring that women in the world's
poorest countries—where cervical cancer hits hardest—have
rapid and affordable access to this lifesaving new tool," said
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, a physician at the University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and president of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a statement. Human
papillomavirus, or HPV, is one of the most common sexually
transmitted viruses in the world, and it causes genital warts as
well as cancer. About 20 million people in the United States are
infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Why the controversy? Many social conservatives fear
that providing the vaccine may provide subtle approval for
young women to engage in sex, much in the same way as
providing birth control information and condoms are sometimes condemned. Some of the response was in regard to
the recommendations from a panel of experts assembled
by the CDC. The panel issues widely followed guidelines,
including recommendations for childhood vaccines that
become the basis for vaccination requirements set by
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t is unusual for a new product to
6 create a vehement public response
with both supporters and detractors. One such product, which was approved by the FDA in 2006 and made widely available in 2007, is Gardasil.The drug was developed by Merck and Company.
Gardasil is provided in the form of a vaccine. It was developed to prevent cervical cancer by blocking infection from human papillomavirus, which is spread through sexual contact. The Food and Drug Administration permits Gardasil to be used by females ages 9 through 26, with the goal of inoculating girls before they become sexually active. Although the vaccine does not prevent every form of papillomavirus, it does treat four of the most com-
mon, including 100 percent prevention of the most common type and 70 percent of the four most common types combined.
Nearly half a million women are diagnosed with
cervical cancer each year. According to some experts, Gardasil might make it possible to eliminate cervical cancer within a
generation. It is also a victory for Merck, the fourth-biggest U.S.
drug maker, which has focused increasingly on vaccines and
may generate $3 billion in annual sales from Gardasil alone.
"It's important from a public health perspective because you're
eliminating a cancer,"said Les Funtleyder, an analyst in New York
for Miller Tabak & Co. "The subtle point is these guys are creating new drugs for important health problems, which is what a
pharma is supposed to do:'
Gardasil requires three doses to be given over 6 months.
In 2007, each dose cost around $120. Consequently, affordability may determine how effective the drug is in quelling cervical cancer. About 80 percent of cases are in poorer countries.
"Critical to success will be ensuring that women in the world's
poorest countries—where cervical cancer hits hardest—have
rapid and affordable access to this lifesaving new tool," said
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, a physician at the University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and president of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a statement. Human
papillomavirus, or HPV, is one of the most common sexually
transmitted viruses in the world, and it causes genital warts as
well as cancer. About 20 million people in the United States are
infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Why the controversy? Many social conservatives fear
that providing the vaccine may provide subtle approval for
young women to engage in sex, much in the same way as
providing birth control information and condoms are sometimes condemned. Some of the response was in regard to
the recommendations from a panel of experts assembled
by the CDC. The panel issues widely followed guidelines,
including recommendations for childhood vaccines that
become the basis for vaccination requirements set by
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