BioPort Expects Visit From FDA
Lab Could Be Getting Closer To Making Vaccine
POSTED: Monday, October 29, 2001
UPDATED: 3:11 pm EST October 29,
2001
LANSING, Mich. -- BioPort Manufacturing could be getting closer to being able to produce the anthrax vaccine.
The Lansing plant is expecting a visit by the Food and Drug Administration and its inspectors next month.Distribution for an anthrax vaccine could begin by Nov. 22, said U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson a few weeks ago.BioPort of Lansing is the only company in America that makes the anthrax vaccine. The lab has been unable to ship the vaccine since 1998 because of Food and Drug Administration regulations.The first vaccines ready for distribution will reportedly go to the military.Production of the vaccine has been on hold since BioPort failed an inspection last year and one the year before.In addition to the anthrax vaccine, the company keeps an unspecified amount of live anthrax bacterium on its campus, but officials said that the amount is too small to be of use to terrorists.The company said that it has not received any threats following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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- October 10, 2001: Anthrax Vaccine-Maker Bolsters Security
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