Penny Pinching over Cancer Jab

From The Scotsman,
Ministers 'penny-pinching' over cancer

Published Date: 24 October 2008 DOCTORS would give their children a different vaccine to protect against cervical cancer than the one that was chosen for the national programme, the GP and broadcaster Phil Hammond said yesterday. He accused the government of "penny-pinching" after it chose a jab that, he said, did not offer as much protection as a more expensive alternative. Ministers awarded the contract to GlaxoSmithKline for its Cervarix jab over the more expensive Gardasi. But Dr Hammond said Cervarix was not as effective, and every doctor to whom he had spoken had chosen Gardasil for their children.
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