Dutch pull Pfizer vaccine batch after infants diePublished on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:26 | Source : Reuters Updated at Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:39
Dutch authorities say they have banned use of a batch of Pfizer 's Prevenar, or Prevnar, after three infants died within two weeks of receiving the anti-infection vaccination. "On average about 5 to 10 deaths are reported annually after babies get vaccines," said a spokeswoman for the Dutch health institute RIVM. "We now have three cases in a short period, that is unusual and the reason for suspending the batch." She said RIVM was investigating the cause of the infants' deaths. Other batches of Prevenar, known as Prevnar in the Pfizer spokeswoman Gwen Fisher said preliminary investigations by the company and health authorities had found no link between the vaccinations and the deaths. She said the company initiated the "quarantine" of the batch which she said contained 110,000 doses of Prevenar, used to prevent pneumonia and related infections. Fisher said the three infants also received two unrelated other vaccines as part of routine immunisations. No other Prevenar batches were suspended and infants in the A spokesman for the European Medicines Agency in The vaccine is one of the most widely used in the world and generated sales for Wyeth, which has just been acquired by Officials at Pfizer in
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