- "The vaccine producer in China has never received
accreditation from the OIE," he said, referring to the Paris-based
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). "We are so worried about
that, because it could trigger a new epidemic with another subtype (of
virus)."
-
- [1]
- Date: 6 Feb 2004
- From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org
- Source: Kyodo News, 6 Feb 2004 [edited]
- http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display3para.jsp?an=20040206232&cate=
-
-
- Import of Chinese bird flu vaccine slammed in Indonesia
- --------------------------------------------------
- Indonesia's Agriculture Ministry faced criticism Fri
6 Feb 2004 for allowing an unaccredited and allegedly ineffective bird
flu vaccine imported from China to enter the country.
-
- The Kompas daily quoted virologist Marten Malole as saying
the imported vaccine for chickens could potentially worsen Indonesia's
avian flu epidemic.
-
- "The vaccine producer in China has never received
accreditation from the OIE," he said, referring to the Paris-based
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). "We are so worried about
that, because it could trigger a new epidemic with another subtype (of
virus)."
-
- --
- ProMED-mail
- promed@promedmail.org
-
- [The OIE does not render accreditation to vaccine producers.
Most nations have a range of official acts that regulate the sale and use
of veterinary biologicals, including vaccines. Almost all of these acts
stipulate 'minimum requirements' for quality, safety, and efficacy of veterinary
biologicals (mostly vaccines), to be tested at independent laboratories,
usually under State supervision. These acts and tests may differ from one
country to another, and they involve costs and restrictions for producers,
users, and testers. Useful guidelines for the production and testing of
veterinary vaccines can be found in OIE's Manual of Standards, Diagnostic
Tests and Vaccines, which is available at OIE's internet web-site. Chapter
2.1.14. of the Manual addresses Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI);
it can be seen at: http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A_00035.htm.
-
- Vaccine producers are expected to be able to present
to their customers detailed protocols on their products; such protocols
should always include details on the tests each batch has undergone, especially
for sterility, safety, and potency (efficacy). - Mod.AS]
-
- ******
- [2]
- Date: 6 Feb 2004
- From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org
- Source: JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization, 6
Feb 2004 [translated
- from Japanese, edited]
- http://www.jetro.go.jp/re/j/influenza.html
-
-
- Indonesian government approved vaccine import from China
- -------------------------------------------------
- According to an animal health official in the Department
of Agriculture, the Indonesian government authorized the importation of
30 million avian influenza poultry vaccine doses from China. Several newspapers
have cited on Thursday a source in Biofarma [a vaccine and sera manufacturer,
Bandung, Indonesia] who admitted the company had already imported 3.5 million
vaccine doses produced in China.
-
- The government is scheduled to import 184 million vaccine
doses from various sources worldwide. In early January 2004, they permitted
the imports of vaccine only from OIE-designated [see comment above] vaccine
manufacturers in Europe, including [companies in] Holland, France, and
Germany. While the need in Indonesia is 120 million doses per month, the
local production capacity in Indonesia is currently 47 million doses per
month. During the coming 6-month period -- until 31 Jul 2004 -- the Indonesian
government will import 184 million vaccine doses from China and the rest
of the world.
-
- [Byline: Shigeru Kuwabara]
-
- ******
- [3]
- Date: 4 Feb 2004
- From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org
- Source: Mainichi-Shimbun, 4 Feb 2004 [translated from
Japanese, edited].
- http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040204-00000057-mai-bus_all
-
-
- The Japanese government has decided to import 3.2 million
doses of avian flu vaccines from Mexico and stockpile them. They will pay
27 million yen (USD 26 000).
-
- [The Mexican vaccine is reportedly an inactivated, oil-emulsion
H5N2
- vaccine. - Mod.AS]
-
- --
- ProMED-mail
- promed@promedmail.org
-
- [Out of the 10 Asian countries currently declared infected
with HPAI, only 2 officially include vaccination within their control measures:
China ("vaccination within a 5-km radius of the outbreaks and suspected
outbreaks on a compulsory basis") and Indonesia ("vaccination",
no further details). China's annual reports to the OIE indicate that HPAI
vaccinations have been applied there since 2002.
-
- According to information included in posting 20040125.0298,
an A H5N2) virus strain which was causing (mild) illness among poultry
in Taiwan was found to be closely genetically related to a vaccine strain
"that is widely used for poultry in Hong Kong and China". Further
details and verification of these data will be helpful.
-
- Details on the vaccine used in China -- with special
reference to the virus strains used and to the safety and potency testing
procedures applied -- will be useful. - Mod.AS]
-
-
- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
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board at:
- http://www.clickitnews.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=emergingdiseases
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