None of Banned Flu Vaccine Has Been Used, FDA Reports
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None of the 5 million or 6 million doses of influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. and currently warehoused in the United States has been given to the public, a Food and Drug Administration official said yesterday.
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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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(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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British authorities on Wednesday confirmed the Food and Drug Administration's contention that the agency first learned on Oct. 5 that Chiron Corp. would be barred from shipping half of America's flu vaccine supply.
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc's FluLaval vaccine won U.S. approval for preventing influenza, the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported Thursday.
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The company that makes 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, throwing a major U.S. flu  drive into disarray.
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One of the world&#39;s largest manufactures of flu vaccine was banned from producing the vaccine yesterday, amid safety fears. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory
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It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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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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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated.
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LONDON - Flu shot shipments by a major vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities Tuesday just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries that there will be enough vaccine this year.   "The implications may be significant...
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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated...
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US health officials shut the door Friday on the possibility of any flu vaccine from Chiron&#39;s troubled British plant ever reaching the United States this year.
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After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the US market, the agency refused to order a cleanup, nor did it inspect the plant to ensure that a cleanup was actually carried out.
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Production breakdowns at Chiron Corp.'s manufacturing plant in Great Britain meant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not guarantee the safety of any of the company's flu vaccine this year, the ...