European Flu Vaccine to Be Tested in US
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WASHINGTON Dec 10, 2004 - A European-produced flu vaccine widely used in other countries will be tested at four locations in the United States, the government announced.
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Novartis AG has received European Union approval for flu vaccine Optaflu, the Swiss drugmaker said Wednesday.
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US health officials received stunning news Tuesday. Half of the nation&#39;s ordered flu vaccine will not be received from the British company that produces it.
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A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza vaccine, Fluarix, in the United States under an Investigational New Drug application.
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Dec 7, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The federal government is buying 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine made in Germany to augment the strained US supply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
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The Food and Drug Administration will announce next week whether flu vaccine can be imported from Europe and Canada to bolster dwindling US supplies.
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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.
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US officials say manufacturer Aventis Pasteur can produce another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine, but the shipment won&#39;t arrive in America until January.
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The US government is planning to purchase 5 million doses of flu vaccine from Canadian and German plants to deal with their shortages, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) reported Monday.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich today says state officials have found an additional 200,000 doses of the flu vaccine in Europe. Blagojevich is seeking the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s approval to buy the vaccine.
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DEERFIELD, Ill. - Medical products maker Baxter International Inc. said Thursday it suspended flu vaccine testing being conducted in Europe after more participants than expected came down with mild fevers.
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Oct 15, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Federal health officials today ruled out using any of Chiron Corporation&#39;s influenza vaccine in the United States this year, following the completion of inspections at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The current flu vaccine shortage in the United States may soon be partially relieved by an additional five million doses from foreign vaccine makers, the US government announced on Thursday.
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Chiron Corp. CEO Howard Pien is set to reiterate to lawmakers Tuesday that the Emeryville firm expects to supply between 46 million and 48 million influenza vaccine doses to the US market for the upcoming
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The outcome of tests into whether the lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu found in Britain this month was directly linked to a similar case in Hungary will be known by Tuesday, an EU official said.
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Illinois authorities asked on Monday for federal approval to import from Europe thousands of doses of flu vaccine that the state located through its controversial program to buy cheaper medicines for older Americans.