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 World Health Organization (WHO) and a pharmaceutical company are advising doctors in Canada not to use a batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccines following reports that the shots were causing an unusually high number of severe allergic reactions. …
Read Original Story: Vaccines Recalled in Canada After Severe Reactions – The New American
As many as 24 Canadians, including one who died, suffered from a severe allergic reaction after receiving the H1N1 pandemic vaccine. But health officials stressed Wednesday that the rate of anaphylaxis appears to be low: 0.32 per 100000 doses. …
Read Original Story: Severe allergic reaction seen after H1N1 flu shot – Globe and Mail
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
LONDON — Pharmaceuticals company glaxosmithkline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies. Company spokeswoman Gwenan White said that they issued …
Read Original Story: glaxosmithkline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada – The Associated Press
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
A drug company is asking Canadian doctors not to use a batch of the H1N1 vaccine that has been found to cause an unusually high number of allergic reactions. The company that made the vaccine, called GlaxoSmithKline, tells NewsChannel 7 none of those …
Read Original Story: Batch of H1N1 Vaccine Recalled in Canada – WSAW
LONDON (AP) — A drug company is telling Canadian doctors to stay away from a batch of swine flu vaccine while authorities check reports of severe allergic reactions. A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline says the company issued that request after word that …
Read Original Story: Company checking one batch; Canadian health agency says no cause for alarm – 9&10 News
ABC News Senior Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser said people in the US need not worry — the vaccine implicated in these reactions is not licensed for use in the United States. After a string of serious adverse …
Read Original Story: Vaccine Experts Urge Calm After H1N1 Shot Pulled – ABC News
TORONTO — The investigation into whether a batch of H1N1 vaccine may have triggered a higher-than-normal rate of allergic reactions hasn’t yet come up with answers, vaccine manufacturer glaxosmithkline said Tuesday. And health officials in Quebec said …
Read Original Story: GSK says still no answer on whether H1N1 vaccine batch triggers more reaction – The Canadian Press
