A Big Maker of Flu Shots Finds Some Contaminated
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he Chiron Corporation, a major manufacturer of influenza vaccine, said yesterday that it had detected a contamination problem in its new supply and was delaying release of nearly 50 million
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Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine plant in Liverpool, England, had such poor conditions that the Food and Drug Administration says the vaccine made there was &quot;adulterated&quot; and
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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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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while
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The United States last night branded the entire flu vaccine output of a Liverpool factory unsafe for distribution. Inspectors from the US Food and Drug Administration have rejected all of the 48m doses at the plant, run by the Californian company Chiron.
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Despite the discovery of tainted vaccine at the British factory that makes half of America&#39;s flu shot supply, US health authorities said Friday they were confident there would be enough available for the coming influenza season.
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Chiron Corp. has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn&#39;t run into the same contamination problems
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LYNDEN, Wash. -- A nurse&#39;s flu shots suspected of being fake have turned out to be real after all. A US Food and Drug Administration lab in Cincinnati found the sample of vaccine sold by the woman at three
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British and US regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday to clarify how the problems unfolded that likely have cut the United States&#39; flu
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Chiron Corp. (CHIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , barred from shipping its flu vaccine after it was found to be contaminated, on Wednesday posted a quarterly
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WASHINGTON Nov 15, 2004 - Chiron Corp. has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn&#39;t run into the same contamination problems that
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With influenza season just around the corner, the East Bay maker of half the nation&#39;s 100 million flu shots has temporarily halted distribution after tests found that up to 4 million doses of unreleased vaccine might have been tainted.
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Chiron Corp. was wrestling with bacterial contamination of flu vaccine at its Liverpool plant as early as March, and its finished vials began failing sterility tests nearly two months before the company warned
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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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Nearly everyone seemed to have been caught off-guard last month when a British flu vaccine manufacturer was closed down by authorities because of contamination that was discovered at the company&#39;s Liverpool plant.
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Some members of Congress are taking the US Food and Drug Administration to task for the agency&#39;s assertions that contamination problems at a major flu vaccine supplier took the FDA by surprise, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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Only a few companies produce the vaccine known as the flu shot. When the UK announced that one company - accounting for half of the vaccines needed in the US - was having its license suspended due to contamination concerns - it created immediate concern.