US was mulling flu vaccine when Britain stepped in
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US regulators were trying to decide whether to allow the release of 48 million doses of Chiron Corp.&#39;s flu vaccine when British authorities stepped in to block the company from shipping the vaccine, FDA officials said on
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British health officials said Friday that US officials were warned in mid-September that ongoing problems at California-based Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, England, &quot;could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States
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British and American drug regulators met yesterday to see what could be done about the stopped batches of flu vaccines at Chiron&#39;s Liverpool production plant, UK.
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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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British officials say they warned the US government last month that problems at a drug manufacturing plant could disrupt influenza vaccines to the United States.
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Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.
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The US made a special exception on Tuesday to purchase as many as 4 million doses of flu vaccine not licensed for use in the US. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza
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Just a month ago, the US government was predicting more than a 100 million doses of vaccine would be available for this yearâs flu seasonâthe highest ever.
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The news that the flu vaccine supply in the United States would be halved because of regulatory problems in Great Britain was greeted by both public health officials and the vaccine&#39;s maker as a bombshell, but new reports say the seeds were planted for
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WASHINGTON Dec 10, 2004 - A European-produced flu vaccine widely used in other countries will be tested at four locations in the United States, the government announced.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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Global and US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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British health officials Friday said their U.S. counterparts knew in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States.
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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LONDON -- British health officials said yesterday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug manufacturing plant in northwest England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States.
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FinancialWire) The British government delivered a major blow to the U.S. health prospects this winter when it shuttered Chiron's ( CHIR ) flu vaccine shipments, leaving a significant shortage that sent U.S. ...
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US health officials, taking another step to ease the season&#39;s flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to 4 million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.