HPV

Marketing to teen girls has crossed the line; several, in fact. Sandwiched in between ads for acne drugs and Gossip Girl are ads filled with sex, tobacco, and other issues related to young girls' health. Case in point: During this year's Academy Awards, TV viewers saw the newest ad from drug maker...

Merck shares rose more than 6% in two days as investors reacted to an analyst's upgrade and news that the drugmaker is trying to broaden the market for its human papillomavirus/cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil.

I've been inundated by questions from patients and friends over the past few weeks regarding two recent recommendations concerning cancer screenings for women. The big worry that keeps coming up is "are we rationing women's health care?" That's because first, the U.S. Preventive Task Force on Nov....

As if Merck & Co. (MRK) needed more scrutiny of its controversial cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil. One of the first cancer vaccines on the market, Gardasil combats human papillomavirus -- a sexually transmitted virus contracted by 80 percent of sexually active women by age 50 -- Gardasil was...