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Etopia Media Medical News Network #21:
Absent a reprieve from U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Chiron will destroy its inventory of flu vaccine, says its president, Howard Pien, after "Britain's FDA" suspends its license to manufacture Fluvirin®
Emeryville, California
October 5, 2004
By Marc Strassman
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Chiron issued a notice on its web site this morning:
Important Information to the Public and Chiron Customers
Chiron will not supply Fluvirin® influenza virus vaccine for the 2004-2005 influenza season. For details, read the full text of our October 5th press release.
Howard Pien, Chiron's President and CEO, said:
"Chiron deeply regrets that we will be unable to meet public health needs this season. We take our responsibility to protect human health very seriously. Chiron believes in the value of influenza vaccination, and we are committed to taking all necessary actions to ensure an adequate vaccine supply for the 2005-2006 influenza season."
You can hear this morning's web-cast press conference from Chiron's Emeryville, California, headquarters, by clicking here.