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New vaccine prevents cervical cancer.

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-SEP-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine is approved for use in females ages 9 years to 26 years. Gardasil 6...

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...was evaluated and approved in six months under the FDA's priority review process--a process for products with potential to provide significant health benefits.

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than million Americans become infected with genital HPV each year and that more than...

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