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Merck & Co. Cited By FDA For Problems At Vaccine Plant.(Brief Article)
2002 JAN 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Merck & Co. has been cited twice by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for quality-control problems at a Pennsylvania plant where a number of vaccines are produced.
The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, reported January 8, 2002, that the Whitehouse Station company was found to have performed improper procedures for sterility, testing and documentation at the plant in West Point, Pennsylvania.
Inspections took place in the summer and fall at the plant that manufactures vaccines including those for chickenpox, hepatitis A and B, and one for measles, mumps and rubella.
A Merck spokesman declined to comment on the report. The company could ...
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