| Subject: | CDC Alerts Providers To A Temporary Decrease in Human Rabies Vaccine Supplies |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - 06:00 am |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Care Advisory to let providers know that Novartis Vaccines, maker of RabAvert (Rabies Vaccine), will temporarily cease to provide their rabies vaccine for both pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis uses to health care providers. This includes physicians, nurse practitioners, hospitals, clinics, etc. A second company, Sanofi Pasteur, produces IMOVAX Rabies (Rabies Vaccine), and will continue to supply vaccine to health care... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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