Commentary

Gardasil and Cervarix Are Not Interchangeable


 

I think we all should stock both in our practices, and explain the differences to parents. I plan to distribute pamphlets to patients and families and let them choose, with signatures confirming informed consent.

I serve as a consultant to both GSK and Merck & Co. and have shared this information with both companies.

This is going to be complicated.

DR. PICHICHERO, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases, is director of the Rochester (N.Y.) General Research Institute.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61567-1

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