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Who is the manufacturer of Gardasil?

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Who is the manufacturer of Gardasil?

Manufacturer: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Which is better Gardasil or Cervarix?

In comparison, Cervarix includes only the two most important high-risk types, HPV 16 and 18. Thus, Gardasil can be used to prevent not only a majority of cervical cancers, but also genital warts, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases.

Was Gardasil discontinued?

Now that Gardasil-4 is no longer available for use in the United States since the last doses expired on May 1, 2017, the Gardasil-4 VIS has been removed from website. Providers should use the Gardasil-9 VIS when administering HPV vaccine.

Can you get HPV if you had Gardasil?

There is a small chance that someone might still get genital warts after having all their HPV vaccine shots. The vaccine protects against 90% of the HPV strains that cause genital warts. But there are lots of different strains (types) of HPV and the vaccine cannot protect against them all.

Where is Gardasil manufactured?

Two months after announcing a $1B expansion to its manufacturing facility in Elkton, Va. to support the production of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil, the company is planning to open another manufacturing site in Durham, N.C.

Is Cervarix discontinued?

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will no longer market its human papillomavirus (HPV) bivalent vaccine, Cervarix, in the United States, according to an industry newsletter report last week.

Can I get both Cervarix and Gardasil?

With the licensure of GlaxoSmithKline’s human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix in October, we will soon have two vaccines that prevent cervical cancer in women. But they’re not interchangeable, and this could lead to problems.

How long does HPV take to clear?

For 90 percent of women with HPV, the condition will clear up on its own within two years. Only a small number of women who have one of the HPV strains that cause cervical cancer will ever actually develop the disease.

Which HPV vaccine is used in Australia?

From 2018 Gardasil®9 is the HPV vaccine used in Australia’s National HPV Vaccination Program. Gardasil® (Seqirus/Merck & Co Inc) is a quadrivalent VLP HPV vaccine (4vHPV; types 16, 18, 6 and 11) registered in Australia for use in females aged 9–45 years and in males aged 9–26 years.

What are the side effects of Gardasil?

The most common side effects include:

  • pain, swelling, redness, itching, bruising, bleeding, and a lump where your child got the shot.
  • headache.
  • fever.
  • nausea.
  • dizziness.

Why was Cervarix taken off the market?

“GSK recently made the decision to stop supplying Cervarix in the US due to very low market demand,” a company spokesperson told the newsletter Fierce Pharma.

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