Major Supplier Won't Make Flu Vaccine This Season
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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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ID Biomedical of Vancouver, Canada&#39;s main supplier of flu vaccines, said Tuesday it will not sell 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine to the United States.
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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.
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Health officials predict a severe flu vaccine shortage after an Emeryville company announced Tuesday that it had halted shipment of 48 million doses because of fear of contamination.
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No one should have to wait in line to get immunized for the upcoming flu season, health experts say. Manufacturers are producing a record 100 million doses of vaccine for national distribution to avoid a repeat
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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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US vaccine manufacturer Chiron Corp., has hinted it might not be able to supply the United States with flu vaccine next year, the New York Times reports.
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DENVER - While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options. The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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Shipment of nearly half of the vaccine needed to protect Americans from flu this season -- about 48 million doses -- has been blocked by health authorities in England where it was manufactured
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The US faces a flu vaccine shortage after British health authorities on Tuesday suspended the license of one of two key makers of influenza vaccine in the country.
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US health officials shut the door Friday on the possibility of any flu vaccine from Chiron&#39;s troubled British plant ever reaching the United States this year.
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Confirming their worst fears, public health officials said that none of the flu vaccines made at a plant in England were safe to use.
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None of the influenza vaccine produced by Chiron Corp. in its Liverpool, England plant is salvageable, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
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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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US health officials received stunning news Tuesday. Half of the nation&#39;s ordered flu vaccine will not be received from the British company that produces it.
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The UK government has extended by three months a ban on the production of influenza vaccine at Chiron Corp.&#39;s plant in Britain.
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LONDON, Oct 6  - Doctors in Britain warned Wednesday that a decision to suspend the manufacturing license of a major flu vaccine supplier could lead to shortages of the vaccine in Britain.