Following up: vCJD and donated sperm, HPV vaccine

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Following up: vCJD and donated sperm, HPV vaccine

Here are a few updates and extensions to recent posts on blog.bioethics.net:

Imported sperm shortage
After everyone seemed to have a good laugh about the ban on imports of donated Scandinavian sperm, Slate's Explainer took up the question of whether donated sperm could transmit vCJD. The Explainer's conclusion: probably not.

Glenn McGee in The Scientist: How Much Should Gardasil Cost?
Glenn argued last month in his column that Merck could cut the price for the HPV vaccine and still make out OK. This week the company announced it will be donating enough vaccine to immunize one million women in developing countries (retail value: $360 million). (via Bioethics News)

-Greg Dahlmann

posted Sep 28, 2007 | link | contribute a comment

tags: pharmaceuticals, reproduction, sperm donation, vaccines

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