FDA denies early warning on flu vaccine
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday again denied that the agency had any early indications that there were serious problems at a British
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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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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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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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The decision by British authorities  to suspend the license of a major influenza vaccine  manufacturer just before the vaccine was to be shipped shows a  need for better communication, acting FDA chief Dr. Lester  Crawford said on Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration failed to heed repeated warnings of contamination at Chiron&#39;s now-shuttered British flu-vaccine plant and the urging of US inspectors
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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. 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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None of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine  made at a British plant is safe for distribution in the United  States, acting U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner  Lester Crawford said on Friday.
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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 U.S. regulators in connection with  its shuttered vaccine manufacturing plant in England.
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A top Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday she disagrees with an agency scientist's warning that five drugs on the market have significant safety risks.
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NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, the US may face a profound shortage of flu vaccine. As a result of manufacturing problems, the biotech company that makes half of the flu shots needed in the US said it could not deliver any vaccine at all.
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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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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based ID Biomedical has decided not to sell 1.2 million flu shots to the US after all - and will keep the vaccine in Canada, at the request of the federal government.
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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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The company that makes nearly 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.
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None of Chiron Corp.'s CHIR.O flu  vaccine made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S.  flu vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S.  health officials said on Friday.