FDA deems flu vaccine held in England unsafe
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WASHINGTON - None of the nearly 50 million doses of Chiron Corp. flu vaccine being held in a plant in England can be safely used, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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The decision by British authorities  to suspend the license of a major influenza vaccine  manufacturer just before the vaccine was to be shipped shows a  need for better communication, acting FDA chief Dr. Lester  Crawford said on Monday.
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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 problems caused the loss of half the U.S. vaccine supply in October, the top FDA official said Wednesday.
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British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to ...
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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.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that flu vaccine manufactured in Britain by Chiron Corp. is not usable. The announcement ended hopes that at least some batches of the vaccine were salvageable.
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A team from the Food and Drug Administration met British regulators about their decision to quarantine nearly half the United States' supply of flu vaccine.
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It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this year, sending American health authorities scrambling to ensure that those in greatest danger from the flu -- the elderly and frail -- can get remaining vaccine supplies.
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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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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 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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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr...
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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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Britain suspended on Tuesday the  manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., a major supplier of flu  vaccine to the United Kingdom and the United States, for three  months.
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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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LONDON - 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...