European Medicines Agency Watch [to 6 December 2014]
03/12/2014
No evidence that Fluad vaccine caused deaths in Italy
EMA Committee review reassures Member States over safety of flu vaccine
The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that there is no evidence that Fluad, a flu vaccine manufactured by Novartis, has caused serious events including deaths in Italy. These reports led the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) to suspend the use of two batches of Fluad as a precautionary measure on 27 November 2014…