FDA Approves New Anthrax Vaccine
Emergent BioSolution has announced its new anthrax vaccine for adults 18-65 has been approved by the FDA.
Cyfendus has been approved for use following any confirmed or suspected exposure to anthrax but must be administered with antibacterial drugs.
Dr. Meryl Nass has concerns about the new vaccine and told the Defender “Given the history of the company’s many failures, and the lack of proper safety or efficacy testing of prior anthrax vaccines, one can only expect problems,”
In 1998, President Bill Clinton made it mandatory for all members of the military to be inoculated with the anthrax vaccine known as AVA.
Just a year later in 1999, a member of the US Air Force was prosecuted for refusing to get the mandatory anthrax vaccine.
