Drug Makers’ Push Leads to Cancer Vaccines’ Fast Rise

1.  Merck and GSK are pushing too much for Cerival cancer vaccine advertisement. 2.  Merck ( Gardasil), and GSK( cervarix) are very tiny age applications, but real disease start after 20, so early vaccination is no use, but Pap smear is more helpful 3. So drug marker push to cancer vaccine lead is  only media hype.

Cervical cancer vaccines manufactured by Merck and Glaxo have been hyped, pushed and if the companies have their way, mandated by various states and organizations. (Who is benefiting? Patients or the politicians?) There are many unanswered questions but marketing and mandates press on!

Cervical cancer is real, and has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. Yet the incidence in developed countries is relatively small, when compared with the developing world. There is a real, although small, benefit in the US, and while the vaccine is effective, the cost per prevented death is large. If we focus on health care only, the vaccine's use is clearly warranted; once...