Merck Suspends Lobbying for Vaccine

February 20th, 2007

(AP) -- Merck & Co. is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get the company's new vaccine against cervical cancer as a requirement for school attendance, the company said Tuesday.

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