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.

By Robert Storace | April 07, 2021 at 12:00 AM

South San Francisco Merck office. 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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