Gardasil supplemental application gets priority review designation

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 17 No 4
Volume 17
Issue 4

Merck & Co., Inc.’s supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Gardasil in women aged 27 through 45 has been accepted by the FDA and designated for priority review.

WHITEHOUSE STATION, New Jersey-Merck & Co., Inc.’s supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Gardasil in women aged 27 through 45 has been accepted by the FDA and designated for priority review. Gardasil [human papillomavirus quadrivalent (types 6, 11, 16, 18) vaccine, recombinant] is currently indicated for girls and women age 9 through 26 for the prevention of cervical cancer, precancerous or dysplastic lesions, and genital warts caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18.

Articles in this issue
Proton therapy training offered
Editor of Blood reviews a very bloody movie
Artists take note: Oncology on Canvas accepting entries
PET affects treatment in over one-third of cancer cases
Expanded use of Axxent approved
Gardasil supplemental application gets priority review designation
Optical tomo/US monitors adjuvant chemo response
GIST patients resistant to imatinib/sunitinib respond to sorafenib
Sunitinib plus a taxane active in advanced breast cancer
Stanford V yields excellent outcomes in bulky, advanced HL
Monica Morrow joins Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Nereus initiates phase 1b trial of NPI-2358 in NSCLC patients
LHRH agonist use declines after reimbursement cuts
Palliative care helps pediatric pts at end of life
New colon screening guideline includes CT colonography

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