Anthrax vaccine still safe, FDA says

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Anthrax vaccine still safe, FDA says..........

Items compiled from Tribune news services

Published December 31, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food and Drug Administration made it official again

Tuesday: The anthrax vaccine is safe and effective, no matter how the

infection is spread.

The ruling comes a week after a federal judge halted the military's anthrax

inoculations, saying he thought the vaccine was experimental if used to

prevent inhaled anthrax instead of the through-the-skin form.

The Justice Department, citing the FDA order, asked U.S. District Judge

Emmet Sullivan to set aside his preliminary ban, except for the six

plaintiffs who filed a class-action suit against the Defense Department to

stop the vaccinations.

As an alternative, the department asked the court to set aside its ruling

pending an appeal.

In 1985, FDA proposed the rule codified Tuesday, but it had never been

finalized. It wasn't clear whether the FDA rule would have any effect on

suspended military vaccinations.

Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune

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