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Proposal Aimed at Reducing Mad Cow Risk

FDA Proposal Aimed at Reducing Risk of Mad-Cow Tainted Components in Human,

Animal Drugs

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 — The government is taking steps to reduce the

already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood

vaccines and other medications.

Pharmaceuticals regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, including

human vaccines and animal drugs used on farms, routinely use cow products in

their manufacture.

The agency this summer strengthened safety measures to reduce the chance

of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer goods as lipstick and

hairspray.

One drug company, GlaxoKline, already found alternate sources of materials

it uses to produce such products as hepatitis A vaccine and recombinant

hepatitis A and B vaccine. While le Halstrom, a GlaxoKline

spokeswoman, won't identify the source countries, she said they do not include

the United States or Canada.

" The entire process was completed more than a year ago ... to ensure we only use

materials from countries " with no mad cow infections, Halstrom said.

Cow remnants left over from slaughter have long been used to manufacture drugs

like vaccines. Serum is drawn from cow's blood and sugars from cow's milk. Amino

acids from cow bones are added to growth media to coax along viral vaccines

grown in living cells.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20040922_929.html

[Guest guest]

Proposal Aimed at Reducing Mad Cow Risk

FDA Proposal Aimed at Reducing Risk of Mad-Cow Tainted Components in Human,

Animal Drugs

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 — The government is taking steps to reduce the

already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood

vaccines and other medications.

Pharmaceuticals regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, including

human vaccines and animal drugs used on farms, routinely use cow products in

their manufacture.

The agency this summer strengthened safety measures to reduce the chance

of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer goods as lipstick and

hairspray.

One drug company, GlaxoKline, already found alternate sources of materials

it uses to produce such products as hepatitis A vaccine and recombinant

hepatitis A and B vaccine. While le Halstrom, a GlaxoKline

spokeswoman, won't identify the source countries, she said they do not include

the United States or Canada.

" The entire process was completed more than a year ago ... to ensure we only use

materials from countries " with no mad cow infections, Halstrom said.

Cow remnants left over from slaughter have long been used to manufacture drugs

like vaccines. Serum is drawn from cow's blood and sugars from cow's milk. Amino

acids from cow bones are added to growth media to coax along viral vaccines

grown in living cells.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20040922_929.html

[Guest guest]

Proposal Aimed at Reducing Mad Cow Risk

FDA Proposal Aimed at Reducing Risk of Mad-Cow Tainted Components in Human,

Animal Drugs

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 — The government is taking steps to reduce the

already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood

vaccines and other medications.

Pharmaceuticals regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, including

human vaccines and animal drugs used on farms, routinely use cow products in

their manufacture.

The agency this summer strengthened safety measures to reduce the chance

of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer goods as lipstick and

hairspray.

One drug company, GlaxoKline, already found alternate sources of materials

it uses to produce such products as hepatitis A vaccine and recombinant

hepatitis A and B vaccine. While le Halstrom, a GlaxoKline

spokeswoman, won't identify the source countries, she said they do not include

the United States or Canada.

" The entire process was completed more than a year ago ... to ensure we only use

materials from countries " with no mad cow infections, Halstrom said.

Cow remnants left over from slaughter have long been used to manufacture drugs

like vaccines. Serum is drawn from cow's blood and sugars from cow's milk. Amino

acids from cow bones are added to growth media to coax along viral vaccines

grown in living cells.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20040922_929.html

[Guest guest]

Proposal Aimed at Reducing Mad Cow Risk

FDA Proposal Aimed at Reducing Risk of Mad-Cow Tainted Components in Human,

Animal Drugs

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 — The government is taking steps to reduce the

already minimal risk of mad-cow tainted components ending up in childhood

vaccines and other medications.

Pharmaceuticals regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, including

human vaccines and animal drugs used on farms, routinely use cow products in

their manufacture.

The agency this summer strengthened safety measures to reduce the chance

of mad cow-tainted cow parts winding up in such consumer goods as lipstick and

hairspray.

One drug company, GlaxoKline, already found alternate sources of materials

it uses to produce such products as hepatitis A vaccine and recombinant

hepatitis A and B vaccine. While le Halstrom, a GlaxoKline

spokeswoman, won't identify the source countries, she said they do not include

the United States or Canada.

" The entire process was completed more than a year ago ... to ensure we only use

materials from countries " with no mad cow infections, Halstrom said.

Cow remnants left over from slaughter have long been used to manufacture drugs

like vaccines. Serum is drawn from cow's blood and sugars from cow's milk. Amino

acids from cow bones are added to growth media to coax along viral vaccines

grown in living cells.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20040922_929.html