Merck & Co recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted, and designated for priority review, the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for its recombinant human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccine (Gardasil) for potential use in women aged 27 through 45. More>>

Phase III data showed that at 18 months after the first of a three-dose regimen, 100% of women up to age 55 vaccinated with the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) cervical cancer candidate vaccine (Cervarix) had antibodies present against the two most common cancer-causing human papillomavirus types, 16 and 18 More>>

AMSTERDAM -- Testing for the DNA of human papillomavirus -- combined with a Pap smear -- reveals the lesions that lead to cervical cancer earlier than a Pap smear alone, researchers said here. More>>

M erck & Co., Inc. has committed to donate at least 3 million doses of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine (Gardasil), the cervical cancer vaccine, for use in demonstration projects in lowest-income nations throughout the world. More>>

T he New England Journal of Medicine recently published results from two phase III studies of Merck's cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil [quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine]. More>>

Vaccines designed to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV)—and thus protect against cervical cancer—are showing sustained protection at 5 years More>>

LOS ANGELES -- Cervarix, an investigational cervical cancer vaccine, prevented all precancerous lesions because of human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 for 5.5 years, researchers reported here. More>>

STOCKHOLM -- Smoking and human papillomavirus (HPV) may work together to increase the risk of cervical cancer in situ, according to researchers here. More>>

Topotecan, a camptothecin analog previously approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer and small-cell lung cancer, was granted regular approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 14, 2006, for use in combination with cisplatin to treat women with stage IVB, recurrent, or persistent carcinoma of the cervix not amenable to curative treatment with surgery and/or radiation therapy. The purpose of this summary is to review the database supporting this approval. More>>

Topotecan, a camptothecin analog previously approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer and small-cell lung cancer, was granted regular approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 14, 2006, for use in combination with cisplatin to treat women with stage IVB, recurrent, or persistent carcinoma of the cervix not amenable to curative treatment with surgery and/or radiation therapy. The purpose of this summary is to review the database supporting this approval. More>>