Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/NEWS01/604060351/1001/new\ s seeks probe over vaccine WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Mike , R-Brighton, has called for a probe into the government's awarding of an $877.5 million contract to VaxGen to develop an experimental anthrax vaccine. said the California company's failure to deliver the vaccine to the Health and Human Services Department and reports that VaxGen exaggerated its benefits have raised concerns. VaxGen was warned in a March 24 letter from the FDA about " false and misleading statements " about its vaccine and how it compared to one made by Lansing-based BioPort Corp. BioPort, the nation's only licensed manufacturer of the vaccine, was awarded a $122.7 million contract in May to make 5 million doses of an anthrax vaccine. said he has received mixed signals from HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt about the agency's next vaccine contract. Leavitt said last month he had authorized the purchase of additional vaccines, but and BioPort said the contract has not yet been awarded. Randi Airola 517-819-5926 " This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. " - Abraham Lincoln " They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. " - lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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