| Subject: | CDC Reminds Laboratories of the Newly Licensed Smallpox Vaccine That Replaces Old Smallpox Vaccine |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Tue, 11 Mar 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The CDC has begun distribution of a new-generation smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000(tm) (Acambis, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts), to civilian laboratory personnel, the military, and state public health preparedness programs. ACAM2000 will be replacing Dryvax® smallpox vaccine (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Marietta, Pennsylvania) because of withdrawal of the Dryvax license. Wyeth intends to withdraw the Dryvax license and asks that all remaining quantities of vaccine held by civilian and... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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