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LANCASTER, Pa. -- Wyeth announced Tuesday that it will cease production of two of its vaccine products, one of which, FluShield, is manufactured in Lancaster County.
In an internal memo, sent to TheWGALChannel.com, Wyeth said 800 positions at the Marietta facility will be affected. The company said that it is deciding what will happen to those 800 people.
The company said it will continue to develop Cold Adapted Influenza Vaccine at the Marietta facility, as well as continuing production of antivenin and the smallpox vaccine.
Wyeth said adequate supplies of injectable flu vaccine are now available in the United States as a result of recent capacity increases provided by other manufacturers. Wyeth said it will pursue new flu immunization technologies.
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