FDA Finds Problems at FluMist Factory
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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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A Maryland manufacturer will provide an additional 1 million doses of its FluMist vaccine, making a total of 3 million doses of the nasal spray available, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said Thursday, as officials tried to deal with a shortage of flu shots.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Monday the agency had no early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the U.S. flu vaccine.
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Congress yesterday began investigating whether the US Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the US flu vaccine supply.
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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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Congress started an investigation into 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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The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the U.S. was suspended for manufacturing problems.
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U.S. and British drug regulators met  Thursday to discuss the closing of a flu-vaccine plant in  northern England that has triggered an international vaccine  shortage -- but there was no immediate resolution of the  crisis.
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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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The Chiron Corporation, a major manufacturer of influenza vaccine, said that it had detected a contamination problem in its new supply and was delaying release of nearly 50 million doses.
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A string of problems were identified at the Bernard Matthews plant before the recent outbreak of bird flu.
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Chiron Corp., which makes nearly half the country&#39;s flu shots, announced Thursday some batches of the Fluvirin flu vaccine made in its England factory were found to be contaminated.
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Congress started an investigation on Tuesday into 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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Chiron Corp. is making progress in  fixing the problems at its British vaccine plant that cost the  United States half its expected flu shot supply this year, a  Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Flu vaccine manufacturer Chiron has three weeks to respond to a Food and Drug Administration warning letter that alleges violations of FDA regulations at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England, where contamination problems led to the US
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Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine plant in Liverpool, England, had such poor conditions that the Food and Drug Administration says the vaccine made there was &quot;adulterated&quot; and