Posts Tagged ‘ Merck ’

10 Powerful Videos All Parents Should Watch

Oct 19th, 2011 | By

Now, more than ever, powerful information is available to help parents decide if vaccines are safe for their child. Listed below are videos that parents should watch and consider prior to vaccinating their child.



Merck Plans to Lay Off About 15% of Workers

Jul 11th, 2010 | By

Natasha Singer New York Times 07/08/2010 The $41 billion merger last year of the drug giants Merck and Schering-Plough has a human cost for pharmaceutical industry employees. Merck plans to lay off about 15 percent of its work force — about 15,000 people — over the next two years as part of a global merger…

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Merck is found to be paying experts to recommend Gardasil

Jun 28th, 2010 | By

Norwegian experts received money from Merck and then advised their government on the HPV vaccine Gardasil, which at the time was only in it’s experimental stages.



How did Gardasil pass FDA review?

May 27th, 2010 | By

Norma Erickson Denver Examiner 05/21/2010 Consider the questions raised by Merck’s prescribing information packet on Gardasil. Of the 20,118 people injected with either Gardasil, their ‘proprietary’ AAHS control solution (which contained the vaccine adjuvant), or saline solution (a real placebo–typically used for clinical trials of a new treatment) there were 463 new ‘medical conditions’ reported….

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UPDATE 1-EU says Glaxo, Merck vaccines OK despite pig virus

May 26th, 2010 | By

Ben Hirschler Reuters 05/21/2010 * DNA from porcine circovirus found in both vaccines Rotavirus vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Merck & Co (MRK.N) are safe to use despite being contaminated with a pig virus, Europe’s drugs watchdog said on Friday. The decision echoes a similar ruling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last…

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