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rockstar
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 Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: Merck gives $500 million of gardasil vaccine to poor nations |
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So this is really interesting to me. Although this news does not necessarily involve a new treatment in cervical cancer, it does address the issue of it being so prevalent yet highly preventable.
I copy and pasted the beginning of the article.
Merck & Co. will donate more than $500 million of its Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine to the Clinton Global Initiative as part of an effort to improve women’s health in the developing world.
Started in 2005 by the former president’s Little Rock, Arkansas-based William J. Clinton Foundation, the Global Initiative has received $46 billion in funding commitments for causes including education, climate change and health care.
Merck’s donation will provide 1.7 million women the three- shot vaccination that protects against strains of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, which cause 70 percent of cervical cancers. Qiagen NV, based in the Netherlands, will donate tests to screen patients to determine if they have certain strains of the virus.
“Nearly every minute of every day a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer, and many of these women live in developing countries where the burden of the disease is disproportionately high and health-care infrastructure is limited,” said Margaret G. McGlynn, head of Merck’s vaccine division, in a statement. Merck is based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
Merck announced the donation today at the Clinton Initiative’s annual meeting in New York. The vaccination will be donated to 23 of the world’s poorest countries where Gardasil is approved for use, Merck said. Merck said it is looking for other partners to help with distribution and administration of the vaccine.
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Stage 1B1 Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Cervix.
Diagnosed 5.7.09 @ age 20
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serbiangirl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Merck gives $500 million of gardasil vaccine to poor nations |
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| Just wanted to ask you if you knew which countries were on the list for getting those vaccines? |
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Kok Siong Chen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Merck gives $500 million of gardasil vaccine to poor nations |
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Really a good deeds! However, i just wonder whether human will depend on the vaccine in future rather than having a healthy life to prevent from cancer?
Regards,
Kok Siong
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rockstar
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Merck gives $500 million of gardasil vaccine to poor nations |
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Serbiangirl, I don't know which countries. The article did not specify, but just said the 23 poorest countries where gardasil is approved.
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Stage 1B1 Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Cervix.
Diagnosed 5.7.09 @ age 20
Radical hysterectomy on 5.15.09
Wedding date: July 23, 2010 |
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