Everything You Wanted to Know About Vaccine Marketing, PR, Earned Media, Lobbying, and " Anti-Vaxxers "

< div class= " separator " style= " clear: both; text-align: center; " > < a href= " https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q4RKktTnYng/V3-EPtcLUzI/AAAAAAAAIwg/6bIqPv85HRAxjPdn9p0om1MboeV_AYHtQCLcB/s1600/NBC-HPVstory-Screen.jpg " imageanchor= " 1 " style= " clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; " > < img border= " 0 " height= " 203 " src= " https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q4RKktTnYng/V3-EPtcLUzI/AAAAAAAAIwg/6bIqPv85HRAxjPdn9p0om1MboeV_AYHtQCLcB/s320/NBC-HPVstory-Screen.jpg " width= " 320 " > < /a > < /div > Anti-HPV vaccines (e.g., Merck & #39;s Gardisil) are back in the news these days. < br > < br > Last night, NBC Nightly News reported & quot;Study Shows Alarming Rise in HPV-Related Cancers. & quot; The takeaways are (1) HPV infection causes cancers, (2) those cancers can be prevented with new vaccines, but (3) not enough kids are getting vaccinated. < br > < br > A woman with cervical cancer attributed to HPV says at the end of the piece & quot;I don & #39;t know how you can not prevent your child from getting cancer if there is a way to do it. & quot; < br > < br > This comes on the heels of a new Merck campaign that blames parents for not getting their children vaccinated (see & quot; < a href= " http://sco.lt/4wtOs5 " > Merck Ad Blames Parents & amp; Asks: & #39;Mom, Dad, Did You Know & #39; < /a > & quot;. < br > < br > Click on & quot;Read more & quot; for the details, including numbers form the CDC, and links to articles and blog posts related HPV va...

Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - July 8, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: anti-vaxxers Flu Gardasil GSK HPV Merck Vaccine Whooping cough Source Type: blogs