Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/29
By: Chen Wei-ting and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) The use of a batch of a children’s influenza vaccine manufactured

CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥)

by Taiwan-based vaccine maker Adimmune Corp. has been suspended after suspended matter was found in the product, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Monday.

Kaohsiung’s health department reported Sunday that a clinic in the city noticed white suspended matter in a dose of flu vaccine from batch FKAE1802 made by Adimmune Corp., CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at a press conference.

Some 82,000 doses (0.25ml) from this batch of vaccine have been delivered to the CDC, and about 48,000 doses have been distributed to health departments in Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung cities and Pingtung, Hualien, Taitung, Penghu and Kinmen counties as part of a free public immunization program, Chuang said.   [FULL  STORY]