Chiron to delay flu vaccine shipments
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Emeryville&#39;s Chiron Corp. said Thursday that it will delay shipments until early October of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, after the company identified a small number of lots that do not meet product sterility specifications.
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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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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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The nation&#39;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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Chiron Corp. shares plunged more than 16 percent Tuesday after it said the entire stockpile of flu vaccine it made overseas for the U.S. market will be withheld this winter because British authorities suspended ...
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Chiron Corp., forced to halt shipment  on its flu vaccine because of manufacturing woes at its plant  in England, is the subject of an informal civil investigation  by U.S. regulators, the company said on Wednesday.
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Shares of Chiron Corp. CHIR.O fell 7  percent before the market open on Friday, a day after the  biopharmaceutical company said it is delaying shipment of its  flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because lots containing 4 million  vaccines do not meet product sterility standards.
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Flu shots are in short supply this year, after British regulators have suspended the license of flu vaccine maker Chiron, one of the main companies that produce the vaccine.
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US public health officials warn that there will be a dearth of influenza vaccine on the brink of the winter flu season, after a major producer was suspended from making the jab on Tuesday.
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Chiron Corp. CHIR.O on Tuesday  slashed its 2004 earnings forecast after announcing that it  will not record any sales of its flu vaccine for the 2004-2005  flu season, sending its shares down 18 percent.
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Chiron Corp. said on Wednesday there is no basis yet to predict whether or when the company will get back its license to produce the Fluvirin flu vaccine.
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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 flu vaccine shortage has US companies bracing for a surge in costly sick days and lost productivity. The closure earlier this month of Chiron Corp.
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Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks showed no signs of slowing down Friday afternoon amid news that vaccine maker Chiron Corp. was going deliver its flu vaccine a month late this year because some lots had been contaminated.
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U.S. regulators were trying to decide whether to allow the release of 48 million doses of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine when British authorities stepped in to block the company from shipping the vaccine, FDA officials said Friday.
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Chiron Corporation last Friday provided the following statement in response to an announcement by U.S. health officials on the current influenza vaccine situation.
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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...