Largest Study Yet Supports Gardasil's Safety, CDC Reports

Serious adverse events involving HPV4 have rarely been reported; the reported deaths in vaccine recipients don't appear to be causally related to vaccination, Dr. Iskander said. But the CDC will continue to collaborate with the Food and Drug Administration, the World Health Organization, and other organizations to monitor postlicensure surveillance and other communication related to HPV4.

At future ACIP meetings, the postlicensure safety data for Gardasil may be considered in conjunction with safety data on the bivalent HPV vaccine recently submitted to the FDA by GlaxoSmithKline.