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2007-12-25 17:12:13 · 1 answers · asked by akemoo 1 in Health Diseases & Conditions Infectious Diseases

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Your question is not clear as to whether you ask for drug or vaccine recently invented.

A vaccine called GARDASIL. This is for HPV - Gardasil is a vaccine against certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), created by researchers Dr. Albert Bennet Jenson and Dr. Shin-je Ghim at the University of Louisville in 2006, following on research done by Professor Ian Frazer of Australia in conjunction with Australian biomedical company, CSL Limited. The vaccine, marketed by Merck & Co. in America, whilst paying royalties to CSL, is designed to prevent infection with HPV types 16, 18, 6, and 11. HPV types 16 and 18 cause about 70% of HPV-related cervical cancer cases. In addition, some types of HPV, particularly type 16, have been found to be associated with oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinoma, a form of throat cancer. HPV types 6 and 11 cause about 90% of genital wart cases. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer, the 7th most common cause of death from cancer among women worldwide. -

Regarding new drug -

Recently FDA (US Food and drugs administration has approved a HIV drug named ISTENTRESS manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc. the full details are as under -

Drug Details-
Drug Name(s)- ISENTRESS (Brand Name Drug)
FDA Application No.- (NDA) 022145
Active Ingredient(s)- RALTEGRAVIR POTASSIUM
Company- MERCK AND CO INC
Original Approval or Tentative Approval Date October 12, 2007
Chemical Type -1 New molecular entity (NME)
Review Classification - P Priority review drug

For further details see weblink - http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm?fuseaction=Search.DrugDetails-

2007-12-25 18:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 1 1

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