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Merck faces product liability lawsuit over HPV vaccine

The drugmaker is accused of putting 'profits over people' for not disclosing possible health issues tied to the Gardasil HPV vaccine.

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South San Francisco Merck office. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM Merck office in San Francisco. (Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM)

Merck & Co. is facing a product liability lawsuit from a 22-year-old woman who took the drugmaker’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a teenager and then experienced a host of serious health issues, including daily seizures, convulsions and vision loss.

The suit was filed in federal court in Connecticut on March 30th.

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