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- LANSING, Mich. (UPI) - The
military's recipe for the anthrax vaccine is missing, the Lansing State
Journal reported Friday.
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- The documents are part of a lawsuit filed by scientists
at the former Michigan Biologic Products Institute, which became BioPort
Corp. in 1998. Without the recipe, the plant will be unable to win Food
and Drug Administration approval to resume production of the vaccine for
the military, which says it has only a few doses left.
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- The scientists say they deserve royalties for the vaccine,
which they refined for Gulf War production. They say their changes made
the vaccine safer and cheaper to produce.
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- BioPort this week asked the Michigan attorney general's
office to help it retrieve the documents, which include manuals for making
the rabies as well as the anthrax vaccine.
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- The military planned to spend $100 million to vaccinate
2.4 million troops against anthrax, which experts say has been developed
as a bio-warfare agent by such countries as Iraq and North Korea. The program
has been suspended as supplies have dwindled and defense officials have
been looking for a second supply source.
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- The FDA halted vaccine production at the lab last November
after finding violations in 30 areas, including quality control issues.
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