Topic: MedImmune Inc.

More swine flu vaccine recalled: FDA

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit is voluntarily recalling some of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it was not as potent as it should be.Norman Baylor, director of the office of vaccines ...

Swine flu vaccination effort starts Monday: CDC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare workers in Indiana and Tennessee will be among the first to get swine flu vaccines in the United States on Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Vaccination clinics are scheduled for Monday morning for staff ...

Young children need 2 doses of H1N1 vaccine: U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Younger children will need two doses of the vaccine against the new pandemic of H1N1 influenza, U.S. officials said on Monday.They said tests of Sanofi-Pasteur's swine flu vaccine showed children respond to it just as they do to seasonal ...

U.S. Swine Flu Vaccine Trials Set to Begin

U.S. officials hope to have 160 million doses of injectable swine flu vaccine on hand by October, with more doses coming in the form of a nasal spray.. Since immunization is expected to depend on each person getting two doses spread a ...

U.S. panel prepares to OK swine flu vaccine trials

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to help rush through approval of new vaccine to fight the pandemic H1N1 virus, promising to watch more closely than ever bad effects from the immunization, officials said on Thursday.The FDA ...
U.S. officials hope to have 160 million doses of injectable swine flu vaccine on hand by October, with more doses coming in the form of a nasal spray.. Since immunization is expected to depend on each person getting two doses spread a ...
US racing to create key ingredient for swine flu vaccine by early MayU.S. "We're working together at 100 miles an hour to get material that will be useful," Dr. Jesse Goodman, who oversees the Food and Drug Administration's swine flu work, told ...