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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine Ads are 'Inaccurate and Misleading'

Women's groups and doctors slammed advertisements issued by two pharmaceutical majors that claimed vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) was the best way of preventing cervical cancer.

The objection from Sama Resource Centre for Women and Health and Saheli Women's Resource Centre to Glaxo-SmithKline (GSK) India and Merck marketing HPV vaccines as a "protection against cervical cancer" comes a few days after the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) also took notice of the advertisements.'

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