Serving the legal needs of clients nationwide, Attorney Michael Lin Baum practices in Los Angeles, California as a managing partner at Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman. Over the years, Michael Lin Baum has handled diverse wrongful death and personal injury matters related to harmful and defective pharmaceutical drugs.
An example is Merck & Co.’s Gardasil vaccine, which was primarily marketed as an effective way of eliminating human papillomavirus (HPV) risks among adolescent girls. Unfortunately, the data presented that led to the approval of Gardasil by the FDA was false and underreported or ignored potentially serious adverse effects, according to allegations in lawsuits being filed across the United States.
The vaccine also injured some boys and men, whom Merck targeted as consumers, according to the allegations. In 2009, the FDA approved Gardasil’s use in males age 9 to 26 to prevent genital warts related to a pair of HPV strains. The following year, approval was granted for the drug’s use in preventing anal cancer in patients of both sexes, age nine to 26. It is alleged that Merck never proved that Gardasil effectively prevented cancer, and its use was linked to increased cervical cancer rates.
With Merck having presented ads that pressured parents into getting sons vaccinated, a number of boys and teenagers who did receive the drug, reported neurological symptoms, chronic fatigue and pain and movement disorders. This gives them a legal right to sue Merck for health issues incurred.
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