Merck Hiv Vaccine

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Several Vaccine Trials Affected by Halt of Merck's HIV Vaccine Trial

Several vaccine trials are being postponed or modified following the halt of Merck 's experimental HIV vaccine trial, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer , 11/16). Merck in September announced that it had ended the... Read more »

Halt of Merck's HIV Vaccine Trial Should Not "Slow Progress" Toward Future Vaccine Development, Opinion Piece Says

Although many people "felt robbed" by the announcement last week that Merck 's trial of an experimental HIV vaccine had been halted, it would be "worse [to] allow the news to slow progress" toward development of future HIV vaccines, Seth Berkley,... Read more »

Merck HIV Vaccine Trial Results: Hopes Dim for Struggling Field

Immunizations in a trial of Merck's HIV vaccine were stopped when it was determined that the vaccine was not working. There are now concerns that the vaccine may have increased the risk of HIV infection in some participants. On September 18, 2007,... Read more »

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Merck HIV Vaccine Candidate

Thank you all for your efforts on this website. You are all heaven sent!I recently read that Dr. Scolnick of Merck is very hopeful about the prospects of their vaccine candidate. Early results are apparently promising - and I believe the press...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

You are right that Merck is traditionally conservative in what they release and in what they say early in research. However, they have published one article (that I know of) on the results of a DNA based vaccine in macaques. The immune responses... Read more »

Merck Vaccine

I just read about this vaccine. If this is true, couldn't it be used in HIV infected patients to boost their immune systems?Merck To Double Enrollment in AIDS Vaccine Trial After Promising Results"Researchers conducting clinical trials of...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is no clinical data yet. Early results have shown that the targeted anti-HIV immune response is boosted and the vaccine appears safe enough to expand the trials. The clinical implications of the Merck vaccine are not clear yet since the trials... Read more »

Merck Vaccine

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I can't speak to the specifics of this vaccine. However, some vaccines are being developed as preventative (to prevent infection) and some are being developed as therapeutic (boosting the immune system of those already infected) vaccines.... Read more »

with the merck vaccine out...what's left?

Hey Dr.Pierone,i was EXTREMELY bummed out (to say the least), about the results of the merck Vaccine study (STEP). I just read that merck discontinued the vaccine development due to its inefficacity in preventing/treating HIV. WHAT A BAD NEWS!!! and...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

I was very disappointed to hear this news as well. Merck has some really smart scientists working on vaccines and everyone was hoping for a positive outcome. We are not back to square one by any means. There are more than 2 dozen other vaccines in... Read more »

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New Merck vaccine? (doesn't make sense)

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

You already read about the new vaccine working in monkeys. But there seem to be certain dubious points in it. First, the virus used was a combo of hiv and siv. The vaccine also was hiv+siv. So it could be that the vaccine works against the siv and... Read more »

HIV Vaccine Scam

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

(article courtesy of RedFlagsDaily.com)

I told you so. I told you so in the scientific literature. I told you so on the internet. I told you that an HIV vaccine would never work.

This week, the long-awaited results from an independent trial of the... Read more »

Merck announcement

Posted by Mattie, 1 Reply

Merck & Co. Inc., the No. 2 U.S. pharmaceutical group, on Tuesday made a bold statement of their confidence that its experimental AIDS vaccine will prove effective,

http://www.msnbc.com/p/cnbc/502435.asp?bt=cnbc

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Vaccine hope

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

This was on the news link today. I don't know if this is also "therapeutic"(ie., treats people already infected) or "prophylactic" vaccine. I think its the second. Anyway, it sounds promising.

Vaxgen AIDS Vaccine Clears Phase III Safety Hurdle Again
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