The Case Against Mandatory HPV Vaccinations
The fracas arising from Merck’s aggressive lobbying states to mandate its new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for 11 year old girls has kicked up a dust storm and drawn a line in the sand.
The fracas arising from Merck’s aggressive lobbying states to mandate its new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for 11 year old girls has kicked up a dust storm and drawn a line in the sand.
FDA administrators "mishandled the initiative through bureaucratic infighting, flawed planning and duplicative work performed by outside contractors." The report estimates that agency administrators wasted $25 million on a computer system that won't be functional before 2009.
Drug safety is a public issue–and the FDA has been shown to be asleep at the helm as tens of thousands have died that could have lived had they and their physicians known the safety hazards of prescribed drugs.
The Alliance for Human Research Protection is proud to have played a role in helping to open a public debate about Merck's flagrant commercial push to influence public officials into mandating its human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, for girls aged 11 to 26.
We are gratified that Texas Governor Rick Perry's Executive Order mandating HPV Vaccine Carries NO Force of Law! It's dead on arrival.
The WSJ confirms that Merck is "desperate" for funding streams and "vaccination across the U.S. would make Gardasil an automatic blockbuster."
"When legal settlements allow companies to hide their mistakes, what we don't know can hurt us."
Pharmaceutical companies, much like the tobacco industry, have made fortunes by engaging in lies, deception, and illegal practices that are making people sick and causing premature deaths.
These illegal practices are the secret behind this toxic drug–Zyprexa– becoming a blockbuster seller.
American preteen girls have been designated to pay the price by exposing their bodies to risks of harm.
In essence FDA proposals merely change the seating arrangement on the deck of the sinking Titanic. Eli Lilly announced that it intends to seek FDA approval for a long-lasting injectable form of Zyprexa (taken once a month).
Merck is lobbying states to MANDATE schoolgirls to be vaccinated with its new vaccine.