May 3, 2012 in Legal Information
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Earlier this year, the FDA approved its first four strain flu vaccine, FluMist Quadrivalent. Until now, all approved licensed vaccines have contained three strains, two strains of type A influenza (A/H1N1 and A/H3N2) and one B lineage strain. Licensed by MedImmune, FluMist contains both strains of two separate Influenza B viruses lineages that have circulated [...]
April 29, 2010 in FDA Recalls, Pittsburgh, PA
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Vaccine and various other pharmaceutical manufacturers must conduct several tests and invest a substantial amount of money and time before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves their product for patient and consumer use. A prostate-cancer vaccine, Provenge, has been 20 years in the making. If approved by the FDA, Provenge would represent a [...]
