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st common form of cancer in India with over 1.3 lakh cases reported each year and 74,000 women dying annually.

The clinical trials with Merck's HPV vaccine would test its role in controlling the spread of the disease in India. If found successful, it may open a feasible option for MSD to market the drug in other developing countries.

Merck says that collaborative partnerships between industry, NGOs and individual governments are critical in determining the best approach to the introduction of investigational medicines and vaccines in the public sector of low-income countries.

ICMR is one of the oldest medical research councils in the world. It started in 1911 as the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) and was renamed ICMR in 1950, soon after Independence, on the recommendations of the health survey and development committee, headed by Sir Joseph Bhore. It has a network of 26 research institutes and over 70 field stations in various parts of the country, and has an annual budget of Rs. 231 crore (Rs. 2310 million).


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