{"id":1663,"date":"2025-01-25T01:46:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/r-f-k-jr-would-keep-stake-in-hpv-vaccine-suit-if-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T01:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:46:29","slug":"r-f-k-jr-would-keep-stake-in-hpv-vaccine-suit-if-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/r-f-k-jr-would-keep-stake-in-hpv-vaccine-suit-if-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"R.F.K. Jr. Would Keep Stake in HPV Vaccine Suit if Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump\u2019s pick to be health secretary, is keeping his financial stake in major litigation against Merck over a widely used vaccine given to young people, according to an ethics agreement made public on Wednesday and court documents. That conflict of interest could raise questions for lawmakers as Mr. Kennedy aims to run agencies that regulate the drugmaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/709a5b13ec222dae\/ab3b8100-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ethics document<\/a> said Mr. Kennedy would continue to collect fees for cases in which he referred clients to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisnerbaum.com\/toxic-tort-law\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wisner Baum<\/a>, a law firm suing Merck over Gardasil, a vaccine that protects against the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The vaccine is administered to adolescents <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/hpv-vaccine-prevent-cervical-cancer-cervarix-gardasil-study\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to prevent cervical and other cancers<\/a> later in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The arrangement with Wisner Baum, which also includes other matters, has earned Mr. Kennedy, one of the nation\u2019s fiercest vaccine critics, more than $2.5 million in the past two years, according to records filed with federal election officials for his presidential run and the agreement, approved by the Office of Government Ethics as part of the confirmation process. That sum is far higher than about $200,000, the latest salary figure for the health and human services secretary, according to a former agency spokesman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am entitled to receive 10 percent of fees awarded in contingency fee cases referred to the firm,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said in the ethics filing. He wrote that he is not a lawyer in any of the cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agreement says Mr. Kennedy may retain a contingency fee interest in cases that the ethics office of the Department of Health and Human Services determines do not involve the federal government. He will divest his interest in cases that do, such as those brought through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy has railed against what he deems corruption and conflicts of interest in government and the pharmaceutical industry. He has vowed to root out what he calls \u201cregulatory capture\u201d \u2014 the close ties between industry and government, especially drugmakers and the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ethics filings clear the way for the Senate Health Committee and the Finance Committee to schedule confirmation hearings for Mr. Kennedy. After their release, Senator Michael D. Crapo, Republican of Idaho and the Finance Committee chairman, set a hearing for Mr. Kennedy next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the disclosures could also complicate Mr. Kennedy\u2019s prospects. Two influential Republicans, Senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, have expressed concerns about Mr. Kennedy\u2019s views on vaccines. Mr. McConnell is the former Republican leader; Mr. Cassidy, a doctor, is the chairman of the Health Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One Democratic member of the Finance Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, said Mr. Kennedy\u2019s finances showed \u201coutrageous conflicts of interest that endanger public health.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis disclosure shows that R.F.K. Jr. made millions off of peddling dangerous anti-vaccine conspiracies,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cEven worse, if he is confirmed, his finances will still be tied to the outcomes of anti-vaccine lawsuits \u2014 even as he\u2019d be tasked with regulating them as health secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two ethics experts who reviewed the agreement said his stake in the lawsuits appeared to be highly problematic, as the F.D.A., which approves drugs and vaccines, would fall within Mr. Kennedy\u2019s purview as health secretary. The experts said any action Mr. Kennedy took related to Merck, one of the world\u2019s largest drugmakers, could appear to be motivated by his financial interest in a handsome settlement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think he\u2019d have to recuse a huge amount to not appear to be extracting money from Merck,\u201d said Richard W. Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor and former chief White House ethics lawyer. \u201cAnd it almost looks like extortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokeswoman for Mr. Kennedy declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The first of many lawsuits claiming that young people were harmed by the HPV vaccine is on trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. Mr. Kennedy has used social media to promote the claims; in 2022 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1557363890257887232\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he posted a video<\/a> to recruit additional plaintiffs. Merck said the allegations have no merit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wisner Baum paid Mr. Kennedy about $856,000 in 2024 and $1.6 million the year before, financial records filed with the government show. It was not clear from the records how much of that money came from cases involving Merck. Mr. Kennedy has also worked with Wisner Baum on other litigation, including cases related to the herbicide Roundup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Agreements like the one submitted by Mr. Kennedy and signed by the Office of Government Ethics are based on criminal laws that prevent federal officials from self-dealing and regulations guarding against the appearance of conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wisner Baum is not the only law firm that has received client referrals from Mr. Kennedy. He has had a similar arrangement with Morgan &amp; Morgan, which advertises itself as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Largest Injury Law Firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The firm <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forthepeople.com\/blog\/morgan-morgan-files-lawsuit-over-allegedly-harmful-addictive-ultra-processed-foods\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recently sued<\/a> some of the nation\u2019s largest food manufacturers, accusing them of using a \u201ccigarette playbook to fill our food environment with addictive substances that are aggressively marketed to children and minorities\u201d \u2014 language that echoes Mr. Kennedy\u2019s assault on ultraprocessed foods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy does not appear to be involved in that suit and said in the ethics agreement that he would terminate that referral agreement upon confirmation. He also pledged that, if confirmed, he would end his consulting agreement with his book publisher, Skyhorse Publishing, and divest his interests in a number of companies, including Apple, Amazon and two biotech firms, CRISPR Therapeutics and Dragonfly Therapeutics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The document outlining what Mr. Kennedy\u2019s obligations would be is not clear on the degree to which he would need to sidestep matters related to Merck or the Gardasil vaccine, Mr. Painter, the ethics expert, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Painter said he believed that senators should decline to confirm Mr. Kennedy until he resolves the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Virginia Canter, the chief counsel for the watchdog group State Democracy Defenders Action and a former government ethics lawyer, also reviewed the ethics statement and said Mr. Kennedy did not appear to be walled off from Merck\u2019s business unless there was a subsequent decision by agency ethics officials. Merck makes a number of vaccines as well as Keytruda, the blockbuster cancer drug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Canter said ethics guidelines include an impartiality rule that prompts officials to consider the appearance of bias in their actions. Given Mr. Kennedy\u2019s potential profit, \u201chow could he be impartial?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gardasil lawsuits that Mr. Kennedy worked on claim that young people developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, known as POTS, and premature ovarian failure as side effects of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy was a leader in organizing large law firms to get involved in the Gardasil cases, according to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/kennedy-played-key-role-vaccine-case-against-merck-2025-01-18\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">report by Reuters<\/a>. The cases also allege that Merck\u2019s early studies of the vaccine \u201cwere designed in a manner to obfuscate and conceal the identification of serious injuries, including injuries with a delayed onset,\u201d court records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Robert Josephson, a spokesman for Merck, noted that the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccine-safety\/vaccines\/hpv.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website<\/a> says the agency \u201chas not detected any safety concerns related to POTS following HPV vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAn overwhelming body of scientific evidence, including more than 20 years of research and development, continues to support the safety and efficacy profiles of our HPV vaccines,\u201d Mr. Josephson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A study done in Scotland <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jnci\/advance-article-abstract\/doi\/10.1093\/jnci\/djad263\/7577291?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false#google_vignette\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">found that<\/a> adolescents who got the HPV vaccine before they were 14 were found to have no cases of cervical cancer as adults in their late 20s to mid-30s, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/hpv-vaccine-prevent-cervical-cancer-cervarix-gardasil-study\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">when 15 to 17 cases<\/a> would be expected in the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy is likely to face a flurry of questions from lawmakers during confirmation hearings, including over his opposition to vaccines, which include <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/health\/rfk-jr-covid-vaccines.html\" title=\"\">a petition to revoke approval<\/a> of all Covid shots during a deadly phase of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has faced opposition from abortion foes who underscore his nearly lifelong affiliation with the Democratic Party. He has also made a dizzying number of claims over the years, including that the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/17\/health\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-polio-vaccines.html\" title=\"\">polio vaccine was more deadly than the disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Susanne Craig<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/rfk-hpv-vaccine-merck.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. 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