Click this link to launch a WindowsMedia live video stream of the FDA Advisory Committee meeting, provided by fda.gov. It is clear from listening in -- that the Advisory Committee is going to vote (probably unanimously) to reintroduce the GSK product, and keep the Merck product on the market.
Here is a chunk of what this is all about, from my post of last night:
. . . .FDA recently received information from Merck & Co, Inc. that its preliminary studies have identified fragments of DNA from PCV1 and from a related porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in its RotaTeq vaccine. Merck’s findings suggest that the number of PCV DNA fragments in its vaccine may be smaller than what has been found in Rotarix. These preliminary findings will be included in discussions with the Committee.FDA has been working closely with manufacturers of the two licensed rotavirus vaccines, has consulted with experts inside and outside of the federal government, and has considered issues related to the novel testing that led to the identification of PCV. . . .
I may yet get a chance to live-blog some of it, during lunch this afternoon, on the West Coast. If so, that will appear below.
1 comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXdKlpBOvs0
Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in
Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts?
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in
In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon
Salmon
Post a Comment