FDA Panel OKs HPV Vaccine Gardasil for Boys

[canoeist52]

Source: WebMD Health News

Sept. 9, 2009 -- An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend approval of the vaccine Gardasil for males ages 9 to 26 to prevent genital warts.

Gardasil targets four strains of human papillomavirus, commonly called HPV. Males can carry HPV and transmit it sexually to their partners.

HPV can cause genital warts and penile and anal cancer in men. Each year, about 200 out of 100,000 males are newly diagnosed with genital warts, according to background information cited by the FDA. Penile cancer and anal cancer are much rarer.

Gardasil already has FDA approval for use in females ages 9 to 26. In females, HPV can cause cervical cancer.

The FDA advisory committee ruled 7 to 0, with one abstaining vote, that Gardasil's clinical trial data support the vaccine's effectiveness at preventing genital warts in males ages 9 to 26. And in a 7 to 1 vote, the advisory committee ruled that the data show Gardasil to be safe for males in that age range.

The FDA advisory committee reviewed three studies of Gardasil that together included more than 5,000 males ages 9 to 26 in various countries including the U.S.

Read more: http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20090909/fda-panel-oks-gardasil-for-boys

[depakid]

1. Ruh Ro

:popcorn:

[AtheistCrusader]

2. What's wrong?

Isn't this a good thing? Helps a lot with 'herd immunity' if we can vaccinate both genders.

[Horse with no Name]

5. Actually it is a very GOOD thing

since boys tend to be the ones that spread HPV, however, there is a rabid anti-vax crowd that will descend on this thread shortly...

[AtheistCrusader]

11. Aw say it isn't so...

HERE?

Is there no safe place on the internet?

[AlienGirl]

12. HPV is also implicated in oral cancer, and can be spread without sexual contact. nt

[Horse with no Name]

4. Scoot over.

I brought plenty for BOTH of us!

[Downwinder]

13. Just out of curiosity, is there a test for HPV?

Can carriers be identified?

[frog92969]

3. Cha-Ching

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[WriteDown]

6. Catching autism at 26 would be terrible....

They may want to rethink this.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Pray tell, how do you "catch" autism? n/t

[WriteDown]

8. From vaccines....

Don't you know anything?!

[AtheistCrusader]

10. I think you missed

the sarcasm... I hope... I hope I hope.

[kimmerspixelated]

9. OMFG!

LET's just maim all the kids okay? BIG PHARMA MUST BE STOPPED! THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY!!!!!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

17. A psychiatrist might help with the insanity.

[mzmolly]

14. K and R.

I wonder if they'll come out with a great new macho ad campaign to sell the new sector on the jab? ;)

[canoeist52]

15. Gardasil HPV Vaccine: Not the Shot in the Arm Merck Hoped for

From "The Center for Media and Democracy"

http://www.prwatch.org/node/7748

The Gardasil HPV Vaccine: Not the Shot in the Arm Merck Hoped for

Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on September 16, 2008 - 7:12am.

"With the start of the school year, debate has heated up again about Gardasil, Merck's vaccine against human papillomavirus. Since writing my series of four articles on The Politics and PR of Cervical Cancer last year, I have continued to track the developments and have noticed some interesting trends. While Gardasil has not been the financial jackpot that Merck was hoping it would be, there is still a steady push for vaccination and even still for mandates. Even though it has not played out as positively as Merck planned, it is too early to turn our attention away from their efforts to sell their so-called "vaccine against cancer." Merck's obvious corporate steamrolling has generated a public backlash and has also faced general concerns about possible health risks from vaccinations, along with conservative opposition to the idea of government health mandates. These reactions slowed the company's money train but didn't bring it to a full stop."

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

16. and people said this would never happen.