FDA red-flagged flu vaccine factory
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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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Federal regulators said an inspection of Chiron Corp.'s (CHIR) flu-vaccine plant in England last year turned up manufacturing problems similar to those that led British authorities to shut down the facility ...
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A US inspection turned up numerous problems in 1999 at a British pharmaceutical plant where millions of doses of flu vaccine were rendered worthless by contamination this year, The Kansas City Star reported Sunday.
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In the last three inspections of the overseas factory that the USA was counting on for half its flu vaccine this year, FDA officials found serious problems but
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US health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing
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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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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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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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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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â¢ Some health experts are blaming the federal government for relying on just two companies to supply all of the nationâs flu vaccine, since any glitch was bound to have dire effects.
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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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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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SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's supply of vaccine for the impending flu season took a big hit Thursday when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory...
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The announcement came last week: Flu vaccine shortage. Chiron Corporationâs flu vaccine facility in Liverpool, England, had its license suspended for three months by British health regulators because of contamination problems.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that none of the flu vaccine quarantined by British officials is safe for use. An FDA spokeswoman says agency personnel have inspected and rejected all 46
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The company that makes half the nation&#39;s supply, Chiron Corporation, has found four million tainted samples in its factory. It&#39;s postponing shipments of 50 million doses of vaccine until they&#39;re checked for safety.
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British health officials said Friday that US officials were warned in mid-September that ongoing problems at California-based Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, England, &quot;could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States