Plaintiffs await ‘their day in court’ as judicial panel consolidates dozens of lawsuits against Merck’s HPV Gardasil vaccine

On August 4, a judicial panel consolidated more than 31 lawsuits against Merck for injuries allegedly caused by its Gardasil HPV vaccine, rejecting Merck’s argument that doing so would increase vaccine hesitancy, spread misinformation about vaccines, and cause a flood of ‘meritless’ injury claims.