Earlier Contamination Found At British Plant That Made Flu Vaccine
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American drug inspectors found contamination and other problems in 2003 at a British plant that manufactures the flu vaccine that were similar to conditions that resulted
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Bacterial contamination was first reported more than a month ago at a British flu vaccine factory.
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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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Description: NPR&#39;s Richard Knox reports on the contamination of flu vaccines manufactured by Chrion. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the contamination was detected early enough
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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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Chiron, the biotechnology company that left the US short of half its normal supply of flu vaccine this winter after contamination fears at its Speke factory in Liverpool, has
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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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British health officials Friday said their U.S. counterparts knew in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States.
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LONDON - US health officials met with British regulators yesterday to discuss the suspension of flu vaccine production and planned to inspect the Liverpool factory to see whether any impounded vaccine could be salvaged.
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None of Chiron Corp.&#39;s (CHIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) flu vaccine made at a British plant is safe, which means the US flu vaccine
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The F.D.A. uncovered contamination in 2003 at the British plant but did not reinspect it until similar problems caused the loss of half the nation's vaccine supply in October.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration knew of problems at the Chiron factory in Liverpool, England where half of the flu vaccine headed to the United States was being produced, but did next to nothing about it until the plant shut down according to a report
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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
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Probes into the UK's recent foot-and-mouth outbreak find the virus was in a pipe on a nearby laboratory site.
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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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When British authorities shut down Chiron Corp.&#39;s manufacturing facility last week, it reaffirmed Tony Holler&#39;s belief that there is room for another supplier of flu vaccine.