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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (view source)
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AAPS has also been successful on issues of policy. It reviewed the approval data for Wyeth's [[rotavirus]] [[vaccine]] and declared it to be unsafe before the [[FDA]] ultimately came to the same conclusion and pulled it from the market. AAPS is the only entity to have defeated the FDA twice in litigation, in both cases establishing limits on its power.
AAPS has also been successful on issues of policy. It reviewed the approval data for Wyeth's [[rotavirus]] [[vaccine]] and declared it to be unsafe before the [[FDA]] ultimately came to the same conclusion and pulled it from the market. AAPS is the only entity to have defeated the FDA twice in litigation, in both cases establishing limits on its power.
More recently, AAPS spoke out against the mandate for the [[HPV vaccine]], as it opposes all mandatory vaccines.<ref>[http://www.aapsonline.org/testimony/vacresol.htm AAPS Resolution Concerning Mandatory Vaccines]</ref> Subsequently the Texas Medical Association and a broad coalition of organizations also opposed this mandate. In July 2007, Congressman Phil Gingrey cited AAPS on the floor of Congress in support of an amendment subsequently passed by the House of Representatives:<ref>http://gingrey.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=69634</ref>
More recently, AAPS spoke out against the mandate for the [[HPV vaccine]], as it opposes all mandatory vaccines.<ref>[http://www.aapsonline.org/testimony/vacresol.htm AAPS Resolution Concerning Mandatory Vaccines]</ref> Subsequently, the Texas Medical Association and a broad coalition of organizations also opposed this mandate. In July 2007, Congressman Phil Gingrey cited AAPS on the floor of Congress in support of an amendment subsequently passed by the House of Representatives:<ref>http://gingrey.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=69634</ref>
:Mr. Chairman, my amendment would serve as an incentive for states to keep HPV vaccination programs voluntary, not mandatory. ...
:Mr. Chairman, my amendment would serve as an incentive for states to keep HPV vaccination programs voluntary, not mandatory. ...