Infant Rotavirus vaccine declared safe by FDA
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
A vaccine made for infants that prevents severe diarrhea has been declared safe for use by the FDA. The vaccine, made by pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, has been considered possibly dangerous since the British drugmaker supposedly did not follow U.S. safety regulations when testing the vaccine called Rotarix.
The rotavirus can cause bad diarrhea in infants, and Rotarix was the first vaccine to be approved in the U.S. to help ward off the virus.
RotaShield, a similar product made by Wyeth, was pulled from the market in 1999 due to causing an increase in twisting of the intestines in some subjects.
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Joyce 3-07-2008 @ 3:18PM
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