US Was Mulling Flu Vaccine When Britain Stepped In
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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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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a ...
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday  approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza  vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, bringing the U.S. total to 65  million vaccines for this flu season.
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US health officials worked to redistribute flu vaccine to the neediest as worried Americans took matters into their own hands, heading
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WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin. Facing a record shortage, U.S...
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The US made a special exception on Tuesday to purchase as many as 4 million doses of flu vaccine not licensed for use in the US. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza
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US officials confirm a stock of flu vaccine from the UK - nearly half the US annual supply -  is unusable.
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Oct. 18 - Repeated testing of the flu vaccine manufactured at a lab in Britain has ended hopes that some of that vaccine could be salvaged.
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British officials say they warned the US government last month that problems at a drug manufacturing plant could disrupt influenza vaccines to the United States.
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U.S. health officials, taking  another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved  the importation of up to 4 million flu shot doses from Europe  on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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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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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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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 government has approved use of the experimental influenza vaccine Fluarix and agreed to purchase 1.2 million doses to help lessen the current shortage.
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Concerned health officials began  investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where  half the U.S. flu shots were made, while Americans jostled for  now-scarce immunizations on Friday.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- British drug conglomerate GlaxoSmithKline may be angling to enter the US flu-shot market. Free! Sign up here to receive our After the Bell Report e-Newsletter!
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made