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...market in 1999 after several children who received it developed a rare but serious complication in which the bowel folds in on itself. Preliminary studies suggest this problem has been overcome by Merck's RotaTeq, which was approved by regulators in Europe and the U.S. earlier this year, and GlaxoSmith-Kline's Rotarix, approved in Europe in February. Like other vaccines, they work by provoking the development of antibodies that protect against future infection. Both are given orally. Clinical trials of both drugs have been encouraging. Evan Simpson, a public-health specialist at the Seattle-based Rotavirus Vaccine Program, says...
...newest vaccine, called FluLaval, and distributed by GlaxoSmith Kline, is similar to the four other shots currently available (Fluzone, from Sanofi Pasteur and Connaught Laboratories; Fluvirin, from Novartis and Evans; FluMist , from MedImmune; and Fluarix, also from GlaxoSmith Kline). Like them, it is made by incubating strains of the influenza virus in chicken eggs. What it does contribute, however, are more doses of vaccine - a fact that federal health officials are especially keen on stressing, imm, since an unexpected shutdown of a major vaccine manufacturer in 2004 left the U.S. with a shortage of shots. "We are thrilled with...
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