Dutch pull Pfizer vaccine batch after infants die
Dutch pull Pfizer vaccine batch after infants die
110,000 doses of anti-infection drug Prevenar quarantined after deaths
updated 11:02 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov . 5, 2009
AMSTERDAM - 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.
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