On Wednesday, Merck & Co, voluntarily recalled 1.2 million units of their children’s vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). The vaccine is used to protect children, under the age of 5, from bacterial meningitis.
The 11 lots of PedvaxHIB vaccine and two lots of its Comvax vaccine were reportedly recalled due to concerns over the sterility of the product. All but one of the 13 lots recalled were distributed in the US. Merck has said that the possibility for contamination for any individual vaccine is low and that all of the sterility testing performed on the recalled lots has not shown any contamination. All of the products involved in the recall were manufactured in West Point, Pennsylvania, and distributed starting in April 2007.
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