China, Merck and Gardasil

Merck shares plunge as company pauses Gardasil vaccine shipments in China, hurting 2025 outlook
Merck's full-year 2025 revenue guidance fell short of what some analysts were expecting, at a range of $64.1 billion to $65.6 billion.
Merck shares tumble as company pauses Gardasil shipments to China
Executives pulled back on a 2030 sales target of $11 billion as demand for the HPV shot shrinks amid China market turmoil.
Merck's Gardasil Vaccine Slowdown In China Bites Again, Stock Falls On Weak 2025 Outlook
Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) reported fourth-quarter sales of $15.62 billion, up 7% year over year and slightly beating the consensus estimate of $15.49 billion. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange,
Merck 2025 Sales Forecast Underwhelms as It Pauses Gardasil Sales in China
Shares of Merck are sliding in early trading after the drugmaker surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected 2025 sales forecast due partly to a pause in shipments of one of its top-selling produ
Merck Stock Loses 9% on Vaccine Shipment Halt to China
Merck & Co. (MRK) stock lost over 9% yesterday on announcing a temporary shipment halt of its Gardasil vaccine to China. The pharmaceutical
Merck stops Gardasil shipments to China, hitting 2025 outlook; shares tumble
Merck said on Tuesday it would not ship its HPV vaccine Gardasil in China until at least the middle of this year due to weak discretionary spending, a move that dented its full-year forecast and sent shares tumbling 11% in early trading.
Merck forecasts hit by halt in China vaccine shipments
Merck blamed the lower than expected forecast on the decision to pause shipments of its Gardasil vaccine to China until at least mid-year. Gardasil is given to patients to prevent human papillomavirus,
Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite Kennedy’s Criticisms
During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.
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HPV Vaccines And Cervical Cancer Prevention: Where Are We Now?
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HPV Vaccine ‘Very Promising’ for Nixing Precancerous Lesions
A new HPV vaccine induced regression of precancerous cervical lesions in 50% of patients and led to viral clearance in some ...
Kennedy Says He Will Give HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Proceeds to His Son
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Iowa lawmakers advance bills to require more parental authority over HPV vaccines
Iowa parents and guardians would have more authority over their child's vaccines and health education under two bills Senate ...
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Meta-analysis finds high rates of non-vaccine, high-risk HPV cervical infections, even in vaccinated women
But rates of types 31/33/45, 47, and 45 were lower in vaccinated women, which the authors said suggests that the vaccines ...
RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and misled on race
Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick for health secretary, has falsely linked vaccines to autism and argued people should have ...
Fact-checking Warren's claim about RFK Jr.'s work on vaccine lawsuits
During health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Jan. 29 Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., ...
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When to Get the HPV Vaccine in Puberty and Adulthood
Getting the HPV vaccine in early adolescence may lower the risk of HPV-related cancers before exposure occurs. Learn about ...
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Merck halts Gardasil shipments to China, withdraws $11B sales target as demand nosedives
The continued decline of Merck & Co.’s HPV vaccine Gardasil in China has come to a head as the New Jersey drug giant is ...