The Gardasil® vaccine—called a “quadrivalent vaccine” because it protects against four HPV types (6, 11, 16, and 18)—was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006 for girls and young women ...

A steep fall in demand from China drove a 41% decline in MSD Q1 2025 sales of its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines Gardasil and Gardasil 9, marking a continued setback for the company’s ...