FDA Panel Rejects Cell Culture Flu Vaccine, Wants More Safety Da...

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:26

BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) -- With members citing unanswered safety questions, an FDA advisory panel today narrowly rejected approval of the nation's first cell-based influenza vaccine -- an alternative to vaccines produced by the traditional, time-consuming method of growing the virus in eggs.

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