Global Challenges - Winners of Nobel Prize for Medicine Voice Concern for Future of HIV/AIDS Funding; Montagnier Discusses Therapeutic Vaccines Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, two French scientists who jointly were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for medicine earlier this week, spoke with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday about the effect that the world financial crisis could have on global funding for HIV/AIDS, the AP/Hartf www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=54907

2008-10-09

Public Health & Education - GSK Applies for WHO Prequalification of HPV Vaccine Cervarix GlaxoSmithKline recently applied for World Health Organization prequalification review of its human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix for by with the aim of expediting the drug's sale to women in developing countries, Business Daily Africa reports (Aron, Business Daily Africa, 10/9). Cervarix has been shown to www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=48116

2007-10-11

Public Health & Education - Sanofi Pasteur Files E.U. Application To Update Gardasil License To Include Prevention of Vulvar, Vaginal Cancers Sanofi Pasteur on Thursday in a statement said the European Medicines Agency is reviewing its application for extended approval of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to help prevent vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by HPV strains 16 and 18, Reuters reports (Reuters, 10/4). Sanofi Pasteur is a joi www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=48006

2007-10-05

Public Health & Education - Judicial Watch Releases Analysis of FDA Data Claiming Gardasil Vaccination Can Lead to Serious Health Problems, Death The conservative group Judicial Watch on Thursday released an analysis of FDA data that found Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil might be dangerous or fatal to young women, members of the group said, CQ HealthBeat reports (Lubbes, CQ HealthBeat, 10/4).Gardasil in clinical trials has been shown to www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=48005

2007-10-05

Public Health & Education - Merck To Donate Three Million Doses of HPV Vaccine Gardasil to Developing Countries Merck on Wednesday at the third annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York City announced that it will donate at least three million doses of its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to developing countries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/27). Gardasil in cli www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47829

2007-09-28

International News - European Commission Approves GSK's Experimental HPV Vaccine Cervarix for Sale in E.U. Countries GlaxoSmithKline on Monday announced that the European Commission has approved the company's experimental human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix for sale and marketing in the European Union, Reuters reports (Reuters, 9/24). Cervarix has been shown to be 100% effective in preventing infection with HPV strains 1 www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47683

2007-09-24

International News - British Columbia Approves Program Expected To Provide HPV Vaccination Program, Health Minister Says The Canadian province of British Columbia has approved a human papillomavirus vaccination program, but many details of the program still need to be resolved, Health Minister George Abbott said Thursday, the CP/CNews reports (CP/CNews, 9/20).The Canadian government in March announced that it is including abou www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47684

2007-09-24

Public Health & Education - HPV Vaccine Gardasil Partially Protects Against an Additional 10 HPV Strains, New Data Show Merck on Wednesday at the 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago released data showing that its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil partially prevents infection of 10 HPV strains in addition to the four HPV strains targeted by the vaccine, the AP/Philadelphi www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47621

2007-09-20

International News - Ads for HPV Vaccination Program in Ontario Postponed Until After Oct. 10 Election The Ontario, Canada, auditor general recently decided that an advertising campaign for a new human papillomavirus vaccination program in the province must be postponed until after the Oct. 10 election, the Toronto Star reports (Gillespie, Toronto Star, 9/18). Ontario officials last month said they plan to la www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47599

2007-09-19

State Politics & Policy - Washington, D.C., Council Members Say They Want To Repeal Law Requiring Girls Entering Sixth Grade To Receive HPV Vaccination Washington, D.C., City Council Members Yvette Alexander and Muriel Bowser recently said they want to repeal a law that requires girls entering the sixth grade to receive a human papillomavirus vaccine, the Washington Post reports. The City Council in April voted 7-3 to approve the bill, and Mayor Adrian Fent www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47534

2007-09-17