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Musing about Merck, Zetia and Gardasil

November 15th, 2009. By AbiK

Gardasil now looking for alternative uses... So you caught the news recently that Merck’s Gardasil was approved by the FDA for use in boys ages 9 to 26. No one really expects much from this news—ie, doctors aren’t expected to be offering it to their male patients (or their parents as the case may be). But I find it interesting none the less.

First, the background…Gardasil is the vaccine that’s supposed immunize young girls (ages 9 - 26) from the HPV virus—aka, human papillomavirus, the sexually transmitted one that can lead to cervical cancer. There’s a lot of heated debate on Gardasil in girls–we’ve blogged on it as well–and the New York Times recently reported that in order to be effectively immunized with Gardasil, it requires a series of three injections, each costing $130 (translation, around $400; translation, it ain’t cheap).

But now let’s just take a look at that NYT report again. I read on through the whole article…la

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Tags: Gardasil, Merck, Niaspan, Vytorin, Zetia
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