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Drug company linked to allegations 'will cooperate' with public inquiry

 

THE pharmaceutical company being linked to alleged vaccinations of babies with an animal vaccine by mistake in the 1970s has indicated it will cooperate fully with any inquiry.

Glaxo Smith Kline, successor to the multinational company Wellcome, said it launched an immediate investigation as a result of yesterday's Irish Independent story. Some of the children who reportedly received the cattle and sheep vaccine were taking part in a drugs trial on behalf of the Wellcome drug company in 1973.

Instead of getting the three-in-one childhood vaccine Trivax, some of the children were inadvertently given a veterinary vaccine, Tribovax T.

Martina Dempsey, director of the medical and regulatory affairs at Glaxo Smith Kline, said: "We are very concerned about this report and we have launched an immediate investigation."

All documents would be handed over to a public inquiry. She added: "We have fully cooperated with the Department of Health on any similar investigations in the past and we would be fully committed to giving every assistance we can to get to the bottom of this."

Alan O'Keeffe ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE.  THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.