Ban extended at flu vaccine plant
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The UK government has extended by three months a ban on the production of influenza vaccine at Chiron Corp.&#39;s plant in Britain.
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A vaccine manufacturer whose license was suspended in October, plunging US supplies of flu shots into crisis, will remain on hold for another three months to allow the firm more time to take remedial action, the British government said Tuesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration found serious problems of bacterial contamination at an influenza vaccine plant in England in 2003, 16 months before British regulators effectively closed the
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American drug inspectors found contamination and other problems in 2003 at a British plant that manufactures the flu vaccine that were similar to conditions that resulted
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SINGAPORE has extended the ban on the import of poultry and eggs from Malaysia, following a new outbreak of bird flu in Kelantan yesterday.
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The European Union said Wednesday it had extended a ban on imports of chicken meat and pet birds from several Asian countries hit by avian flu to March 31 next year.
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Federal regulators reportedly found manufacturing problems at Chiron&#39;s flu-vaccine plant in England last year similar to those that led British authorities to shut down the facility last week.
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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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The FDA reports that the five to six million banned flu vaccine doses warehoused in the USA (made by Chiron Corp) have not been moved and none has been used or given to the public.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, US health officials said Friday they do not expect a shortage of flu shots.
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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.
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DENVER - While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options. The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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TORONTO -- Canadian health authorities have purchased an extra 145,000 doses of flu vaccine and are negotiating with a foreign supplier to import more if this season&#39;s high demand threatens to outstrip supplies.
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In 2003 the FDA had found problems at the Chiron, Liverpool, UK flu vaccine plant - however, they did not order a full inspection or suggest the plant be closed down.
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Bacterial contamination was first reported more than a month ago at a British flu vaccine factory.
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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.