The HPV Vaccine Race

GlaxoSmithKline has some catching up to do in the race for what promises to be the world's biggest dollar-volume vaccine market. The company's human papilloma virus vaccine, Cervarix, is a year behind Merck's Gardasil in clinical development. The outcome of the race is by no means a foregone conclusion, however; development strategies, and how the social-conservative card plays out--will decide the winner in the newest vaccine market.