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Pushing anti-cervical cancer vaccine for schoolgirls.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
Bypassing the state legislature, Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order on February 2 making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls as young as 11 get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
The order would take effect at the start of the 2008 school year, requiring girls entering the sixth grade to receive a series of three injections of Gardasil, a new vaccine that protects against four strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The cost per patient would be $360.
Gardasil is manufactured by the pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., which has been advertising Gardasil extensively in TV ads. The governor's action immediately provoked controversy and raised questions about a potential conflict of interest stemming from the relationship between Merck and personnel connected with the governor.
One of Merck's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, Governor Perry's former chief of staff. Perry's current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state ...
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