AVAILABILITY OF BOTULINUM VACCINE IN FIRST SHIPMENT TO AOR

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Subject: AVAILABILITY OF BOTULINUM VACCINE IN FIRST SHIPMENT TO AOR      

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                                                                 7 Jan 91
                                                                  DASG-IICD


                                      INFORMATION PAPER

           SUBJECT: Availability of BotUlinum Vaccine in First shipment to
           AOR @


           1.  @ Purpose. To provide information on the availability status
           of botulinum vaccine for the first shipment to AOR on 2 Jan 91.

           2. (U) Facts.

               a.  @ As of the 24 Dec 90 there were sufficient doses of
           botulinum vaccine at the U.S ' Army Medical Research Institute of
           Infectious Disease to immunize                              It was
           projected reliably that a shipment containing enough doses of
           botulinum vaccine for an additional           11   arrive on 28 Dec
           90. Therefore,   it was reported that enough'Dotulinum vaccine for
                   ould be  available in the AOR no earlier than 1 Jan 91.
               b. t" The    botulinum vaccine for 0       was not received on
           28 Dec 90. The   vaccine batch is still un"ergoing safety and
           vaccine potency  testing at
                                    5 USC 552(b)(1)
               C.        The botulinum vaccine is projected to be available for
           shipment to the  Services on 21 Jan 91 if test results are
           positive. Four   days is allocated for shipping of the vaccine to
           the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease at
           Fort Detrick, performing a vaccine inventory, repackaging in ice,
           transport to Dover AFB, reapplication, and shipping to the 47th
           MEDSOM in the AOR.

               d. 4" MDPH produces both the anthrax and the botulinum
           vaccine for the U.S. military for operation Desert Shield. MDPH
fety and potency
           testing of both vaccines. Under the Food and Drug Administration
           guidelines, only one vaccine can be tested at any one time.
           Priority was placed on safety and potency testing of the anthrax
           vaccine. That is the reason why the botulinum doses for
           will not be available until 21 Jan 91.               5 USC 552(b)(1)
               e. (U) Inventory was performed on the vaccines before
           shipment, but information was not requested because    previous
           vaccine dose projections were thought to be very reliable. Future
           testing and availability dates will be closely monitored for both
           vaccines.


                                                MAJ Robert Eng/756-8163


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