Chiron Won&#39;t Sell Flu Shots in the US This Year
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Chiron Corp. won&#39;t sell any flu shots in the US this season because UK regulators shut down its only manufacturing plant, raising the threat of shortages for a second year in a row.
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(Oct. 5) -- British health authorities have blocked flu vaccine shipments by the company Chiron, which produces half the vaccine used in the United States.
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None of Chiron Corp.&#39;s flu vaccine made at a British plant is safe for distribution in the United States, acting US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford said on Friday.
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A public health crisis faces the US as the influenza season begins, after US drugmaker Chiron was blocked from shipping half the expected US flu vaccines by UK regulators.
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Chiron (CHIR:Nasdaq - news - research) said Thursday that it had found some problems with the production of its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, which will cause a delay in the product&#39;s reaching the market until early October.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 11/12/2004). Chiron, the US drug company that bought Liverpool-based flu vaccine manufacturer PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, yesterday received a warning letter
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None of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine  made at a British plant is safe for distribution in the United  States, acting U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner  Lester Crawford said on Friday.
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Chiron Corp. is working with British regulators who suspended its license to sell a flu vaccine and is hoping authorities will lift the suspension in time for the 2005-2006 flu season, the company said Friday.
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None of Chiron Corp.'s  flu vaccine made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S. flu vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, the US may face a profound shortage of flu vaccine. As a result of manufacturing problems, the biotech company that makes half of the flu shots needed in the US said it could not deliver any vaccine at all.
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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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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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Shares of Chiron Corp., the world&#39;s second-biggest seller of influenza vaccines, fell as much as 9.5 percent after saying it would delay shipments of its Fluvirin flu shots until October because of a possible product flaw.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif. Chiron&#39;s (KY-rawn) aggressive plan to dominate the US flu vaccine market is in tatters. The Emeryville-based company&#39;s financial future is clouded now as well as the public health crisis it caused continues to mount.
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Shares of Chiron Corp. (CHIR.O) fell 7 percent before the market open on Friday, a day after the biopharmaceutical company said it is delaying shipment of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because lots containing 4 million vaccines do not meet product sterility standards.
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Chiron Corp. is delaying shipment of  its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,  because lots containing 4 million  vaccines, do not meet product sterility standards, the  biopharmaceutical company said on Thursday .