US Buys Flu Vaccine Not Approved For Use

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Wed Dec-08-04 01:48 PM
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US Buys Flu Vaccine Not Approved For Use

The US made a special exception on Tuesday to purchase as many as 4 million doses of flu vaccine not licensed for use in the US.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza vaccine, Fluarix, as an " Investigational New Drug."

This week, Glaxo will start shipping 1.2 million doses of the vaccine from its German manufacturing facility.

"With this latest purchase, we will be able to protect more high-risk Americans this flu season in communities across the country," said outgoing HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson in a statement.

http://www.healthtalk.ca/flu_vaccine_purchase_12082004_8821.php

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