FDA Denies Knowing Extent of Flu Vaccine Production Problems
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US health officials Monday denied reports that they knew before last week that there were major production problems with a key American manufacturer&#39;s flu vaccine, which
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The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
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The U.S. Congress began investigating on Wednesday 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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(CBS/AP) Expect flu vaccine shortages again this year. Manufacturing problems mean half the US flu vaccine supply -- some 48 million doses -- won&#39;t arrive.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that its investigators found contamination problems with the manufacturing process of MedImmune's nasal flu vaccine FluMist but that the finished product was not affected.
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This year's flu season has started slowly in the United States, where there are concerns about a shortage of vaccine caused by production problems at a major manufacturer, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the U.S. was suspended for manufacturing problems.
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The federal Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the American public is in question in the wake of the problems with this year&#39;s flu vaccine shortage and claims that it is allowing unsafe drugs to remain on the market.
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Local and state health officials are complaining that their federal counterparts have given them almost no information to deal with the shortage of flu vaccines.
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None of the influenza vaccine produced by Chiron Corp. in its Liverpool, England plant is salvageable, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday strongly defended his agency&#39;s oversight of a flu vaccine factory that was abruptly closed down last week because of safety concerns.
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(National-NBC) Nov. 8, 2004 - A report in Monday&#39;s Kansas City Star newspaper says US inspectors knew five years ago there were contamination problems at a British plant that makes american flu vaccines.
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British and US regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday to clarify how the problems unfolded that likely have cut the United States&#39; flu
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Chiron Corp., forced to halt shipment  on its flu vaccine because of manufacturing woes at its plant  in England, is the subject of an informal civil investigation  by U.S. regulators, the company said on Wednesday.
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Contamination in a British factory that supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal health officials said on Friday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has demanded more answers from Chiron Corp. about its efforts to correct operating flaws at the Liverpool plant, where half of the US flu vaccine for this winter was lost to contamination.
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The company that makes nearly half the flu vaccine used in the United States said on Tuesday it will not supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of problems at its plant in Britain.