EMEA recommends continued Gardasil use

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) says it is unlikely that cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil caused seizures and loss of consciousness in two  girls given the agent in Spain.

The Spanish Ministry of Health temporarily withdrew a batch of the human  papillomavirus vaccine developed by US drug major Merck & Co, following  the emergence of two suspected cases of adverse events (Marketletter  February 16).

The Ministry said that only the NH52670 batch was affected and the move  was only a precaution. At the time, European distributor Sanofi Pasteur  MSD stressed that both children had other medical conditions, which may  have led to the adverse events.