Few people realize how effective the vaccines against HPV (human papillomavirus) are for preventing cervical cancer, and even fewer talk about the vaccine with their doctors, according to a survey of more than 1,400 people. "From previous ...
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GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharmaceutical giant, says it will stop paying doctors to market its drugs at conferences and will no longer reward sales agents whose physician customers write the most prescriptions. These practices are ...
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) vaccine, recombinant] as a two-dose schedule for girls aged 9 to 14. ...
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A claim filed by two sisters for injuries suffered from injections of the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil will be heard in federal court in Washington. Madelyne Meylor, 20, and Olivia Meylor, 19, of Mount Horeb, Wis., allege that ...
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Pharmaceutical and healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will roll out two-dimensional (2D) barcodes on the inner containers as well as outer boxes for most of its US vaccines. According to the company, a 2D barcode is a small square ...
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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) vaccine, ...
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While the overall death rate from cancer has dropped in recent years, more people than ever are being diagnosed with anal cancer and certain cancers of the throat and mouth. Both are linked to infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), ...
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