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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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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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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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of flu vaccine.
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A Food and Drug Administration team plans to meet Thursday with the British regulators who abruptly shut down Chiron Corp.'s flu shot plant last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said ...
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London - Doctors in Britain warned on Wednesday that a decision to suspend the manufacturing licence of a major flu vaccine supplier could lead to shortages of the vaccine in Britain.
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US regulators were trying to decide whether to allow the release of 48 million doses of Chiron Corp.&#39;s flu vaccine when British authorities stepped in to block the company from shipping the vaccine, FDA officials said on
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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 yesterday they do not expect a flu-shot shortage.
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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Global and US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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The World Health Organisation yesterday suggested there may be an international shortage of flu vaccines this winter as medicines watchdogs suspended the British manufacturing licence of the world&#39;s second-largest supplier.
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US health regulators say they found quality-control problems at a flu vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, in June 2003 but did not begin a full inspection of the plant again
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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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The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday strongly defended his agency&#39;s oversight of a flu vaccine factory that was abruptly closed down last week because of safety concerns.
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Production breakdowns at Chiron Corp.'s manufacturing plant in Great Britain meant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not guarantee the safety of any of the company's flu vaccine this year, the ...
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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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U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S. vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.