Baxter Ends Flu Vaccine Trial; Cites Side Effects
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Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage European trial of a flu vaccine because of higher-than-expected rates of fever and other symptoms.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Maxim Health Systems flu shot clinics at Bay Area retail centers ended Saturday with one final flurry as hundreds of elderly people were turned away from a Safeway supermarket in San Francisco.
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Florida public health departments relied on a British company to supply all flu shots this year, and now the British government has shut down that company.
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Production breakdowns at Chiron Corp.'s manufacturing plant in Great Britain meant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not guarantee the safety of any of the company's flu vaccine this year, the ...
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this year, sending American health authorities scrambling to ensure that those in greatest danger from the flu -- the elderly and frail -- can get remaining vaccine supplies.
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, said Friday. It was unclear whether the lack of vaccine might lead to more flu deaths this year.
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Baxter International Inc. said on Wednesday preliminary results from an early trial of its vaccine for pandemic bird flu using modern cell-based manufacturing techniques suggest the vaccine is safe and well tolerated.
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Britain suspended on Tuesday the  manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., a major supplier of flu  vaccine to the United Kingdom and the United States, for three  months.
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The Food and Drug Administration knew of problems at the Chiron factory in Liverpool, England where half of the flu vaccine headed to the United States was being produced, but did next to nothing about it until the plant shut down according to a report
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The British government has suspended the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., which makes nearly half the U.S. supply of flu vaccine, cable television station CNBC said on Tuesday.
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Britain suspended on Tuesday the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., a major supplier of flu vaccine to the United Kingdom and the United States, for three months.
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Clinical trials of an anti-virus gel supposed to help protect women against AIDS were cancelled after it was found that those on the treatment were more susceptible to HIV infection, a statement from the World Health Organisation said.
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Doctors warned that a decision to suspend the manufacturing license of a major flu vaccine supplier could lead to shortages of the vaccine in Britain.
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A top world supplier of the flu vaccine had its license suspended Tuesday, drastically reducing in half the number of available doses.
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In a disappointing setback, a promising experimental AIDS vaccine failed to work in a large international test, leading the developer to halt the study. Merck &amp; Co. said Friday that it is ending enrollment and vaccination of volunteers in the study, which was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Doctorsâ leaders warned today that the licence suspension of a major flu vaccine supplier would have a âsignificant impactâ on the UKâs immunisation programme.
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.