At Merck, Kathrin Jansen started the HPV vaccine program and has shepherded it through eight years of development.
In an ironic twist, the likely perpetrator of the attacks, Bruce Ivins, was allegedly motivated by his interest in reviving the anthrax vaccine program.
In that role, she presides over litigation pursuant to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Wiznitzer testified in two of these three lawsuits brought against the government's National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
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And the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program uses tax money to pay compensation awards and absolves the drug companies of financial responsibility.
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They've sued the government through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, established in 1988 to pay damages to those who have suffered as a result of vaccines.
Three families -- the Cedillos, the Hazlehursts and the Snyders -- sought compensation from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, but the panel ruled that they had not presented sufficient evidence to prove that the childhood vaccines caused autism in their children.
The high court ultimately agreed with WLF that Congress mandated preemption of design defect claims when it adopted the Vaccine Act, which established a national, comprehensive, no-fault compensation program for vaccine-related injuries.
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"This is the first time we have been able to state that administration of the vaccine is going to have an effect on cervical cancer, " says Eliav Barr, the Merck official who is running the program to test the vaccine in 25, 000 patients.
At Merck, where Jansen runs the program to create an HPV vaccine, scientists are expected to begin final-phase human trials of one promising candidate.
Scientists at MVP - a partnership between the World Health Organization and the Seattle-based Program for Appropriate Technology in Health - believe their vaccine could help to save thousands of lives each year.
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