Ban extended at flu vaccine plant
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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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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 company that makes 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, throwing a major U.S. flu  drive into disarray.
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Chiron Corp., which had to scrap its  flu vaccine this season due to contamination, said on Friday it  has received a warning from U.S. regulators in connection with  its shuttered vaccine manufacturing plant in England.
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.
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Federal regulators said an inspection of Chiron Corp.'s (CHIR) flu-vaccine plant in England last year turned up manufacturing problems similar to those that led British authorities to shut down the facility ...
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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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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LONDON: Britain has suspended the manufacturing licence of Chiron Corp, a major supplier of flu vaccine to the UK and the US, for three months.
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U.S. health regulators sent a  warning letter to Chiron Corp. detailing manufacturing  violations at a British flu vaccine plant and demanding more  information on plans to fix problems that wiped out half of the  U.S. flu shot supply this year.
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The nation&#39;s supply of vaccine for the impending flu season took a big hit Thursday when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory.
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The European Union said Wednesday it had extended a ban on imports of chicken meat and pet birds from several Asian countries hit by avian flu to March 31 next year.
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British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency officials late Tuesday extended from January to April the suspension of the manufacturing license for Chiron&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England, possibly &quot;jeopardizing&quot; Chiron&#39;s ability to contribute
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The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the United States will not supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of manufacturing problems at its plant in Britain.
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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 Food and Drug Administration found serious problems of bacterial contamination at an influenza vaccine plant in England in 2003, 16 months before British regulators effectively closed the
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The government is purchasing as many as 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from plants in Canada and Germany to help relieve the U.S. shortage.