Correspondence with FDA and Public Comment Period

[Guest guest]

There was a little confusion on the end of the public comment period

generated from this statement in the below UPI article:

" The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in another step toward reopening a

controversial military anthrax vaccination program, will seek public comment

within the next week on the vaccine itself.

Myself and Kirt Love called the FDA and spoke with a McKeever. She

stated she didn't know why the article read this, and that the public

comment period is ending on March 29th, 2005. As an FYI, I was told that the

FDA is getting called regarding the " one week comment period " as a result of

the article, so some people are at least paying attention to this.

If you email, do send it return-receipt to make sure it was received.

Randi Airola

517-819-5926

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http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041229-120334-6922r.htm

BioWar: Vaccine in anthrax tests varied

By Dee Ann Divis

Senior Science & Technology Editor

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in

another step toward reopening a controversial military anthrax vaccination

program, will seek public comment within the next week on the vaccine

itself.

The FDA rule that will include public comment details the history of the

vaccine, including the Defense Department's involvement in its development

and the fact the vaccine proposed for use today is not the one actually used

in a key test.