FDA chief pessimistic flu serum from Britain can be salvaged
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WASHINGTON - 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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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, seeking to ease a major shortage of flu shots, is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.
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U.S. regulators probably would have  made the same decision as British authorities to shut down  Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine plant if they had the same  information about manufacturing problems, the acting head of  the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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As flu season neared in late September, the drugmaker at the center of the vaccine shortage radiated confidence. By Tim Boyle, Getty Images.
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ATLANTA A former CDC vaccine expert says the government may have to ration available flu vaccine after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of a major supplier.
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MedImmune said last week that it has resolved problems with the manufacturing of its nasal flu vaccine FluMist, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to allow the company to ship the product in time for flu season.
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Chiron Corp. , which had to scrap its flu vaccine this season due to contamination, said on Friday it has received a warning from US regulators in connection with its shuttered vaccine manufacturing plant in England.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO: The crisis in the flu vaccine supply in the US has led to renewed calls to modernise a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.
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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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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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Prospects of losing half of the US flu vaccine came as a surprise to the US Food and Drug Administration last week, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
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Quality-control problems found in 2003 &quot;resurfaced&quot; this year at the Liverpool, England, plant the USA was relying on for about half its flu vaccine, acting FDA Commissioner Lester
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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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Oct 9, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Lester Crawford, acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), appearing before the House Committee on Government Reform yesterday, said he was pessimistic about the possiblility that any of the 48 million
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Some members of Congress are taking the US Food and Drug Administration to task for the agency&#39;s assertions that contamination problems at a major flu vaccine supplier took the FDA by surprise, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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U.S. regulators were trying to decide whether to allow the release of 48 million doses of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine when British authorities stepped in to block the company from shipping the vaccine, FDA officials said Friday.