Congress Chides FDA for Earlier Flu Vaccine Problems
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Some members of Congress are taking the US Food and Drug Administration to task for the agency&#39;s assertions that contamination problems at a major flu vaccine supplier took the FDA by surprise, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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A top Republican lawmaker on Thursday charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with hindering a congressional investigation into whether the agency suppressed a possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior in youth.
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Congress started an investigation on Tuesday into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday again denied the agency had any early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the US flu vaccine.
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As the nation prepared for a severe shortage of flu shots, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday that problems at the British plant that manufactured vaccine withheld by British authorities likely will be used as a "test case" to lobby for better information-sharing with European regulators.    Last Tuesday, British authorities blocked Chiron Corp...
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The chief executive of Chiron Corp. told lawmakers Wednesday that the company first found signs of bacterial contamination in several batches of its flu vaccine in July -- even as it was beginning to ship
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Officials from Virginia and the District said yesterday they need better cooperation from federal agencies to ensure that medicine is rushed to key government employees during a pandemic flu outbreak.
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US health regulators say they found quality-control problems at a flu vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, in June 2003 but did not begin a full inspection of the plant again
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WASHINGTON -- Flu vaccine manufacturer Chiron has three weeks to respond to a Food and Drug Administration warning letter that alleges violations of FDA regulations at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England, where contamination problems led to the US
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While many elderly Americans are  standing in long lines for flu shots, the vaccine is readily  available for free to members of Congress and staff at the U.S.  Capitol, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, seeking to ease a major shortage of flu shots, is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.
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A top federal health official, lamenting &quot;a very fragile vaccine production system,&quot; urged healthy people today to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.
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The FDA is being accused of approving drugs too quickly, in 1992 Congress passed a new law so that the FDA could speed up drug approvals.
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The fourth shortage of flu vaccine in five years shows the need for more manufacturers and new technology, according to the US National Institutes for Health and some members of Congress.
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Congressional Democrats attacked U.S. drug regulators on Wednesday for failing to track the Chiron Corp. plant where flu shots were found to be contaminated, leading to the current shortage, after problems first arose in 2003.
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The decision by British authorities to suspend the license of a major influenza vaccine manufacturer just before the vaccine was to be shipped shows a need for better communication, acting FDA chief Dr. Lester Crawford said on Monday.
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The Bush administration missed a deadline Wednesday to give Congress a report on prescription drug imports, a day after it finalized a deal to buy flu vaccine made in Germany.