March 11, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge has found that Merck did not violate state law by not including warnings about its Human Papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil, saying there was a "paucity" of evidence that the vaccines cause certain injuries to recipients.
August 02, 2024
A North Carolina federal judge has thrown out claims from four patients in multidistrict litigation alleging they suffered injuries as a result of taking Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine, saying three of them didn't file a petition with the federal vaccine injury program on time, while the fourth never filed his petition at all.
March 21, 2024
Pharmaceutical giant Merck need not face many of the claims by patients who allege their autoimmune conditions were caused by its HPV vaccine, a North Carolina federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation ruled, saying the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act bars most claims made in the first two bellwethers.
February 08, 2023
Pharmaceutical giant Merck on Tuesday urged a North Carolina federal court to toss consolidated claims that say its HPV vaccine caused an autoimmune condition in patients, saying the accusations presented in the multidistrict litigation have no scientific support and are barred under federal law.