FDA eyeing surplus Canadian flu vaccine
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ID Biomedical has been working for a year to expand its vaccine manufacturing plant in Quebec. The Canadian company hopes to supply about 38 million flu shots annually to the United States in the future.
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MedImmune Inc. said yesterday that it is evaluating whether it can help stem a threatened flu vaccination shortage by producing more doses of its inhaled vaccine FluMist after a request from federal officials.
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TORONTO - Canada&#39;s public health agency wants to commission the country&#39;s major flu vaccine maker to produce trial batches of a vaccine to protect against the lethal avian strain -- known as H5N1 -- that experts fear may provoke the next flu pandemic.
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U.S. health officials are talking  with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of  securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when  manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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The United States has found 5 million doses of influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc in Germany and ID Biomedical in Canada and is trying to get them for Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said on Thursday.
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PHILADELPHIA -- GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration about selling its Fluarix influenza vaccine in the United States this season because of the expected flu vaccine shortage this year.
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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.
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Canadian clinics are offering weekend flu shot sessions for desperate Americans who are unable to find the vaccine in the USA. The vaccines are being sold at CAN$50 a shot.
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On the cusp of flu season, federal health officials are attempting an unprecedented redirection and rationing of the flu vaccine -- after a British regulatory agency abruptly
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Tony Holler thinks there&#39;s still an even chance US regulatory authorities will find a way to import his company&#39;s surplus influenza vaccine to help fill a gaping void created by the unexpected loss of half the US annual supply of flu shots.
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The Bush administration said Thursday it is working to buy another 5 million doses of flu vaccine from manufacturers in Canada and Germany, mixing the ticklish issue of prescription drug imports with the flu shot shortage.
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Early signs suggest this year's record supply of flu vaccine could exceed demand, and the potential financial blow to the drug industry could diminish its interest in serving this market just as the U.S. government tries to prepare for a possible bird-flu pandemic.
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ATLANTA -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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ATLANTA The federal government will soon announce the purchase and distribution plan for additional flu vaccines that will help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage.
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By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY The U.S. will import 5.2 million flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany if plants there pass inspection, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday.
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The flu-vaccine shortage has already dredged up folks trying to make a quick buck off the situation. &quot;We are getting a few calls from physicians saying they have been offered a vial of vaccine
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TORONTO (CP) - Officials of the US Food and Drug Administration will inspect the Ste-Foy, Que., flu vaccine production plant of ID Biomedical next week in a bid to approve the company&#39;s surplus vaccine for importation to the United States.