Top One Hundred Countdown -- Anthrax Vaccine Quotes - #99

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National Academy of Science / Institute of Medicine position on the anthrax

vaccine manufacturer shutdown:

In a 1999 report co-authored by Dr. Philip (MajGen, USA, ret.), the

former commander of the US Army medical research facility at Ft. Detrick, the

following reason is given for the shutdown of the anthrax vaccine plant:

" The manufacturer of the current anthrax vaccine, BioPort, has had problems

meeting regulatory requirements and standards, resulting in costly program to

upgrade the manufacturing process and facility so that it meets U.S. Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) standards. " (Institute of Medicine, " Strategies to

Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Medical Surveillance, Record

Keeping, and Risk Reduction " , Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999,

p. 105. See: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309066379/html/105.html#pagetop)

Fact: The plant is still not approved. All vaccine given to US

Servicemembers comes from the period of production where the manufacturer

suffered from " problems meeting regulatory requirements and standards. " To

this day, " the anthrax vaccine manufacturing process is not validated, "

according to FDA reports.

Major L. " Buzz " Rempfer