The HPV Vaccine Race
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
GlaxoSmithKline has some catching up to do in the race for what promises to be the world's biggest dollar-volume vaccine market. The company's human papilloma virus vaccine, Cervarix, is a year behind Merck's Gardasil in clinical development. The outcome of the race is by no means a foregone conclusion, however; development strategies, and how the social-conservative card plays out--will decide the winner in the newest vaccine market.