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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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, U.S. health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage...
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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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Emeryville-based Chiron Corp. (CHIR) has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn't run into the same contamination problems that forced ...
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In August, scientists at a Chiron Corp. plant in Liverpool, England, said they found a reddish-brown bacteria contaminating some doses of flu vaccine.
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The US government announced Friday that nearly half of this year&#39;s flu vaccine supply will arrive about a month late because some doses may be contaminated.
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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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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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U.S. regulators want Chiron Corp. to  tell them how they are going to fix contamination problems at a  British vaccine plant that wiped out half the U.S. flu shot  supply this year, the company said on Friday.
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The Food and Drug Administration uncovered contamination and unsanitary conditions at a British flu vaccine manufacturing plant in 2003 but failed to re-inspect it until similar
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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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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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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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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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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is getting a big shipment of flu vaccine from the federal government and drug maker Aventis Pasteur -- but not right away.
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A VACCINE factory, once run by a Labour Party donor, that shut in October because of contaminated flu jabs had been causing serious concern for years, The Times has learnt.
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A new production method can ensure an ample vaccine supply this flu season.