Deaths prompt Italy to suspend Novartis' Fluad flu vaccine batches
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Italian medicines agency AIFA has suspended two lots of Novartis' seasonal flu vaccine for the elderl, Fluad, after reports of three deaths and one serious adverse event in patients soon after the receiving the vaccine.
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