FDA Vaccines Blood & Biologics Principal Investigator: Arifa S. Khan, PhD Office / Division / Lab: OVRR / DVP / LR General Overview The emergence of pathogenic virus infections like influenza and HIV have created an urgent need for new vaccines. Virus-based vaccines are made in living cells (cell substrates). Some manufacturers are investigating the […]
Time to Say “Enough”
By Catherine Frompovich There comes a time in everyone’s consciousness and life when one realizes that too many things are going off beam and that life is becoming more problematic day by day, especially now when it comes to our health, which probably is our most valued personal possession, and which seems to be undermined […]
FDA Faults Merck Plant For Charred Shrink Wrap In Vaccine Vials
Fox News By Peter Loftus Published July 28, 2011 Dow Jones Newswires – Charred bits of plastic shrink wrap found in some vials of Merck vaccines – Merck said it is still working to resolve the problem – Company said it isn’t aware of any adverse health events from the issue (Adds vaccine sales details […]
Generic drugs approved by different FDA process
By Linda A. Johnson, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON — Generic drugs go through what the Food and Drug Administration calls an abbreviated approval process. But it takes three times as long as FDA reviews of new experimental drugs because of the sheer volume of applications, many of which are submitted years before the original drug’s […]
FDA Approved New DPT Vaccine for Seniors
By Christina England It has been announced that a new vaccine has been approved by the FDA for the over 65′s. GlaxoSmithKline’s Boostrix vaccine is said to be able to protect the elderly from diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough). The vaccine was originally approved for use in adolescents in 2005. Prior to this vaccine […]
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