No banned flu vaccines in stock given to the public, says FDA
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The FDA reports that the five to six million banned flu vaccine doses warehoused in the USA (made by Chiron Corp) have not been moved and none has been used or given to the public.
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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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BOSTON - The state Department of Public Health issued an order yesterday limiting distribution of the scarce influenza vaccine to people considered &quot;high risk&quot; for the virus.
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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. health officials scrambled to reserve remaining shots for the elderly and others at highest risk from influenza.
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Despite the discovery of tainted vaccine at the British factory that makes half of America&#39;s flu shot supply, US health authorities said Friday they were confident there would be enough available for the coming influenza season.
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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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As the nation prepared for a severe shortage of flu shots, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday that problems at the British plant that manufactured vaccine withheld by British authorities likely will be used as a "test case" to lobby for better information-sharing with European regulators.    Last Tuesday, British authorities blocked Chiron Corp...
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr.
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Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.
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After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the US market, the agency refused to order a cleanup, nor did it inspect the plant to ensure that a cleanup was actually carried out.
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, said Friday. It was unclear whether the lack of vaccine might lead to more flu deaths this year.
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WASHINGTON - It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that none of the flu vaccine quarantined by British officials is safe for use. An FDA spokeswoman says agency personnel have inspected and rejected all 46
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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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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...