GlaxoSmithKline has advised doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu vaccine, amid reports of severe side-effects in some patients. The batch of some 170000 doses was put on hold because of the reported higher than usual number of …
Read Original Story: Canada's doctors told to stop using swine flu vaccine – BBC News
The Lyon County Health Department said a recent recall of H1N1 vaccine does not affect Lyon County. Ann Mayo, public information officer for Lyon County Health Department, said the vaccine being recalled was produced by GlaxoSmithKline. …
Read Original Story: Vaccine recall – Emporia Gazette
Canada (chattahbox) – Canadian officials have stopped the use of a full batch of the swine flu vaccine, glaxosmithkline’s Pandemrix, after five times the expected amount developed severe allergic reactions. According to the BBC, 20000 people have so …
Read Original Story: Canadians Ordered To Stop use Of Batch Of Swine Flu Vaccine – ChattahBox
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Canada is still investigating an unusually high rate of a side effect known as anaphylaxis from a batch of GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s swine flu vaccine, health officials said today. …
Read Original Story: Reactions to Glaxo Flu Vaccine Under Investigation in Canada – Bloomberg
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Japan’s health ministry will investigate advice by glaxosmithkline Plc for Canadian authorities to hold off on using a batch of its swine flu vaccine, the Asahi newspaper said. Japanese officials will travel …
Read Original Story: Japan to Study Glaxo's Canadian Swine Flu Advice, Asahi Says – Bloomberg
The WHO said on Tuesday that GlaxoSmithKline recalled a batch of swine flu vaccine in Canada after a number of severe allergic reactions surfaced, The Associated Press reported. The recall was issued after reports that one batch of the swine flu …
Read Original Story: Some Canadian Swine Flu Vaccines Recalled Over Allergic Reactions – RedOrbit
An unusually high amount of allergic reactions prompted GlaxoSmithKline to recall a batch of 170000 H1N1 (aka swine flu) vaccines sent to Canada. The vaccine batch was sent in late October, but GlaxoSmithKline only sent out the recall on November 18. …
Read Original Story: H1N1 vaccine recall in Canada sparks fear – Gather.com
TOKYO – Japan plans to soon send a team of health experts to Canada to investigate allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a government official said Wednesday. Japan has ordered doses of GSK-made vaccinations for 37 …
Read Original Story: Japan to send experts to Canada over flu vaccine reactions – AsiaOne
One batch of the H1N1 vaccine manufactured in Ontario by GlaxoSmithKline and distributed in several provinces in Canada turned out to cause higher than normal allergic reactions, which forced health officials in Canada to withdraw approximately 170000 …
Read Original Story: H1N1 vaccine withdrawn from Canada due to severe allergic reactions – ecPulse
(Winnipeg, Manitoba) — Severe allergic reactions in six people have led several Canadian provinces to stop use of a particular batch of H1N1 vaccine. A total of 172-thousand doses are involved in the batch. glaxosmithkline and the Public Health Agency …
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