Tainted Vaccine Is Unsalvageable, F.D.A. Says
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Confirming their worst fears, public health officials said that none of the flu vaccines made at a plant in England were safe to use.
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(National-NBC) Nov. 8, 2004 - A report in Monday&#39;s Kansas City Star newspaper says US inspectors knew five years ago there were contamination problems at a British plant that makes american flu vaccines.
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The Food and Drug Administration has demanded more answers from Chiron Corp. about its efforts to correct operating flaws at the Liverpool plant, where half of the US flu vaccine for this winter was lost to contamination.
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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.
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This year&#39;s unexpected shortage of flu vaccine was a result of vaccine doses becoming contaminated during production. On October 5th, Chiron Corporation, a California-based biotechnology
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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 US regulators in connection with its shuttered vaccine manufacturing plant in England.
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Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine plant in Liverpool, England, had such poor conditions that the Food and Drug Administration says the vaccine made there was &quot;adulterated&quot; and
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in some cases by the boatload -- in search of flu vaccine. With a US shortage caused by contaminated vaccine and
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Chiron Corp.  is being investigated by a federal grand jury after failing to deliver its flu vaccine this year because regulators did not consider it safe.
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Quality-control problems found in 2003 &quot;resurfaced&quot; this year at the Liverpool, England, plant the USA was relying on for about half its flu vaccine, acting FDA Commissioner Lester
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Production breakdowns at Chiron Corp.'s manufacturing plant in Great Britain meant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not guarantee the safety of any of the company's flu vaccine this year, the ...
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US health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu-shot shortage in the wake of a leading flu vaccine maker&#39;s announcement that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The nation'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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None of the influenza vaccine produced by Chiron Corp. in its Liverpool, England plant is salvageable, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
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The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat
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Chiron Corp. is being investigated by  a federal grand jury after failing to deliver flu vaccine this  year because regulators did not consider it safe.
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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, US health officials said Friday they do not expect a shortage of flu shots.