Vaccine meeting, Merck donation coincide
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Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff met with key aides about a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer on the same day its manufacturer donated money to his campaign, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
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U.S. health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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Several scientists testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on November 17 provided substantial evidence that the drug company Merck and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew of
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WASHINGTON -- With increasing signs that bird flu is becoming established in Asia and a shortage of flu vaccine in America, health officials from several nations and more than a dozen vaccine companies plan to meet this month for an unprecedented summit
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Federal health officials could import up to 5.2 million additional flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany to help mitigate an unexpected national flu vaccine supply shortage if manufacturing facilities in those countries pass FDA inspections, HHS
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Biotech companies, medical device  makers and food manufacturers joined patient groups and three  former U.S. health secretaries on Monday in calling for  increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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The drugmakers' alliance will benefit both the companies and HIV patients.
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Hundreds of patients and physicians have contacted a special information line set up by Merck-Israel in the last few days after the international pharmaceutical company voluntarily withdrew Vioxx - one of the world&#39;s most popular arthritis and acute
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $41 million contract to Sanofi Aventis Inc. for flu vaccines. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson said part of the contract was to ensure there are
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TRENTON -- Lawyers defending plaintiffs alleging theyâve been injured or have had loved ones die because of ingesting Vioxx are meeting this week to possibly plan a coordinated nationwide legal assault against the pharmaceutical giant Merck.
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New York City joined Illinois&#39; effort on Wednesday to acquire hundreds of thousands of doses of scarce flu vaccine from Europe, though US regulatory approval of the transaction was still up in the air.
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Two suppliers say they will be able to provide Americans with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine and another 1 million doses of nasal flu spray.
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization yesterday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic which could kill millions.
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Cautious optimism is building over the prospect of defeating the respiratory disease known as valley fever, largely because of $40 million in grants that will be used toward vaccine testing.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin and FDA officials have been called to testify before Congress on Nov. 18 over safety problems with the company&#39;s withdrawn
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The attending physician for US lawmakers, their staffs and others who work at the US Capitol received additional doses of the flu vaccine and is donating them to city medical officials, top US Republican lawmakers said on Friday.