Britain: US Told Of Vaccine Shortage
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British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest
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LONDON -- Stunned US health officials met with British regulators yesterday to discuss the suspension of flu vaccine production that has slashed supplies across the United States and planned to inspect the British factory to see whether any impounded vaccine could be salvaged.
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News that the US would not be getting more than half of its stock of flu vaccine right before the winter season reveals an astonishing vulnerability: America is dependent on a single plant located in England for some of its most important vaccines.
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U.S. health regulators sent a  warning letter to Chiron Corp. detailing manufacturing  violations at a British flu vaccine plant and demanding more  information on plans to fix problems that wiped out half of the  U.S. flu shot supply this year.
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British health officials said Friday 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 ...
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THE US has lost half its annual supply of flu vaccines after American regulators declared all doses made in a British plant to be unsafe.
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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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US health officials Monday denied reports that they knew before last week that there were major production problems with a key American manufacturer&#39;s flu vaccine, which
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WASHINGTON - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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The Food and Drug Administration uncovered contamination and unsanitary conditions at a British flu vaccine manufacturing plant in 2003 but failed to re-inspect it until similar problems caused the loss of half the U.S. vaccine supply in October, the top FDA official said Wednesday.
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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Shipment of nearly half of the vaccine needed to protect Americans from flu this season -- about 48 million doses -- has been blocked by health authorities in England where it was manufactured
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while
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The United States attorney&#39;s office has opened an investigation into last week&#39;s closure of a Liverpool factory that led to a drastic shortage in flu vaccines in the US and Britain.
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British and US regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday to clarify how the problems unfolded that likely have cut the United States&#39; flu
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Despite the discovery of tainted vaccine at the British factory that makes half of America&#39;s flu shot supply, US health authorities said Friday they were confident there would be enough available for the coming influenza season.