FDA withholding documents on flu vaccine shortage.

[truthpusher]

Posted on Tue, Oct. 26, 2004

Democrat alleges documents on flu vaccine shortage withheld

BY DAVID GOLDSTEIN

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - A senior House Democrat charged Tuesday that the Bush administration was refusing to release documents about the flu vaccine shortage until after the election.

"What is happening is obvious," said Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Government Reform. "The administration is trying to delay the release of the vaccine documents until after the election. These documents should be released immediately."

Waxman and Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, a Republican and chairman of the committee, asked the Food and Drug Administration two weeks ago for documents related to the vaccine shortage.

Among them were reports and correspondence related to a 2003 inspection of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine plant in England.

more: http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/politics/10021873.htm

[shraby]

1. Is there anything that this administration

hasn't withheld not only till after the election, but withheld indefinitely?

[DeepModem Mom]

3. The list is long, indeed -- all of this suppression should be news...

as well as a campaign issue.

[aquart]

4. We can barely begin to imagine the depth of the corruption.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Oh, uh...Mr. Waxman... this suprises you, how?

Come on man, go across town and bang on desks until you get them! Use and abuse your office for good!

[leftchick]

5. another scandal that won't become a scandal....

The most scandal filled administration in History never held accountable for anything. Kudos to Henry for keeping up the fight under such terrible circumstances.

[truthpusher]

8. I'm not so sure - these things get around pretty fast

[annabanana]

6. yet ANOTHER reason........

Why we must win!

[JPace]

7. "FDA withholding documents on flu vaccine shortage."

What a lovely headline.

Thank you repugs! You are going out of your way
to give this election to Kerry....we Dems want
to thank you for all you are providing to support
our candidate.
Can't wait to see what you are going to give us
tomorrow!

[Javaman]

9. After moron looses, the white house will look like the last days of Berlin

They will be shredding and burning everything trying to cover their criminal asses.

[truthpusher]

10. or the ousting of Sadaam - bush probably has his fox hole picked!

[Javaman]

11. or would that be Faux hole? ;)

[CAcyclist]

12. Wel, here are some documents

Sometime previous to 1999, the lab was run by GlaxoWellcome and by 1999, it was owned by Medeva.

In 1999,Medeva suffered a recall of its polio vaccines due to possible exposure to BSE(mad cow disease) and subsequently, the FDA inspected the plant and issued the following Warning Letter:

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/wlcfm/company_archive.cfm?FL=M 10/21/99 Medeva

As an aside, Glaxo also got another Warning Letter for a different plant of theirs in Italy for similar problems:

http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/m4208n.pdf
Glaxo Wellcome, S.p.A.

Medeva sold the plant to Celltech which sold it to Powderject and Chiron bought Powderject in June 2003.


Other links:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,386177,00.html

Martin Bright and Antony Barnett
Sunday October 22, 2000
http://www.express.co.uk/00/10/21/news/n0100splash.shtml
http://stg.syndnet.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRelations/PubNewsStory.aspx?partner=5425&storyId=87791
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A18190-2002Apr19¬Found=true
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041017/news_1n17flu.html