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28.03.10

FDA Suspends Rotarix Vaccine due to Viral Contamination

An independent academic research team recently found that GlaxoSmithKline’s Rotarix vaccine contained a viral strain from pigs known as Porcine Circovirus 1.

FDA officials said they have confirmed that unwanted virus is in the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine that has been given to at least 1 million children in the U.S. since 2008.

Click here to read the rest of the story: Posted on Medscape Medical News on March 22, 2010