RECOVERY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINES

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Subject: RECOVERY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINES                 

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: RECOVERY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINES                                                 

Document Number:          1

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                                         SE6]R@iE-@i UINJLLASSIFIED
                                                                   DAS@-HCL/HCD
                                                                   14 May 91

                                     INFORMATION PAPER

       SUBJECT: Recovery of Biological Warfare Defense Vaccines/Antitoxin (U)

       1. (U) Purpose. To provide information on the medical products
       recovered from the
                          JA
       2. (U) Facts.

            a.  (U)                ci     r-                       -,f 1
                   1- Re@@..Institute     of infectious Disease    (USAMR-1-I-@--
       departed to the 47th MEDSOM                on--i- May 91 and returned with
       on hand vaccines and antitoxin on 10 May 91., -The-@              c@e-i:sl&
       Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved product with a one year
       expiration date once delivered to the user. The botulinum toxoid an
       antitoxin are both FDA approved investigational new drugs (IND)
       without an expiration date@ I

            b.       The following table shows the total number of doses of
       each product sent into the AOR and the number of doses retrieved.

                 PRODUCT


                 ANTHRAX
                 BOT TOXOID
                 BOT ANTITOXIN

            C. (S) During Operation Desert Shield621                     anthrax
       vaccine and                   botulinum toxoi@ere,issued to units and
       subsequently returned to the 47th MEDSO@ Since continuous storage
       conditions at the units cannot be abs@utely verified,and degradation,
       may have occurred,,it is recommend@that these portions of.
       retrieved products be destroyed                    I @@;
                                                                 7'@
            d. (.T)A On 17 Apr 91,   @e refrigeration unit housing th
       of anthrax vaccine, botul@u
                                     .W'toxoid and botulinum antitoxin
DSOM malfunctioned.,,-'            t, @ anthrax vaccine
       held in suspended status@until it reaches its expiration dat
       urgent requirement occurs prior to their expiration date, th
       will be retested to determine usability.\ The IND botulinurn toxoid an
       antitoxin will,@                                                        e
                           maintained and tested t@ determine if they can b
        s,gd, in keeping with normal IND product ma@@gement procedures      75v@-
                ((S)' Although far short of the total requirement-a-, current
       level;  of these products in the CONUS base are as follows:




       potency testing prior to release by manufacturer     'DECLASSIFIED
             Mrs. Francoise (756-8077)/MAJ Robert Eng (RP
                                                            BY:                 H)UNDER
       CLASSIFIED BY: DASG-HCZ                              s@
       DECLASSIFY ON: OADR
                        UNCLASSIFIED              L 1

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Subject = RECOVERY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINES
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996