01.27.2016 - By PRN
Since the HPV vaccine was introduced to the public in 2006, it has been surrounded in controversy:conspicuously fast tracked by the FDA;speedily endorsed by the CDC;rapidly introduced to be mandated by nearly every state in the US;unusually challenged by some of the media and medical establishment, including the New England Journal of Medicine, the New York Times, and even one of its inventors;hailed by Pharmaceutical Executive magazine as “brand of the year” for its innovative and breakthrough marketing savvy;so aggressively promoted by Merck that Gardasil sales exploded, far eclipsing its flagship Measles, Mumps and Rubella II vaccine and