Is the MMR Vaccine Licensing Being Called into Question?
Only anti-vaccine folks are calling MMR vaccine licensing into question because they rely on FOIA requests instead of doing any real research into vaccine safety.
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Why Aren’t Vaccines Regulated like Drugs?
Vaccine development is well regulated and vaccines are held to even higher standards than drugs and other products.
Et Tu, Slate? Flaws with Their Questions About Gardasil
Although the study design for Gardasil used for licensing in Europe might have been suboptimal, although that doesn’t really come across in this Slate piece, it seems clear that it didn’t result in safety data being missed, and as post-licensure tests have confirmed, Gardasil is safe.
Are Vaccines Evaluated for Mutagenicity, Carcinogenicity or Impairment of Fertility?
Vaccines are appropriately evaluated for mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and impairment of fertility, when necessary, as a part of pre-clinical or nonclinical studies that occur even before the first phase one studies on people.