Recalled Vaccines
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The FDA Centers for Biologics Evaluation & Research maintains the information on each recalled or withdrawn product. Below is a list of the vaccines recalled or withdrawn, with a link to the FDA web page for that item.
Note for Health Care Providers: For instructions regarding what to do with recalled vaccines, please contact the vaccine manufacturer.
Go to our Questions about recalled vaccines page for more information.
Recalled Vaccines
- Recall of Hib Vaccine (Merck) - December 12, 2007 (exit)
See For providers: Q&As on recall of Hib vaccine
See For Parents: questions and answers on recall of Hib vaccine
See For providers: Hib Vaccine Recall and Shortage: What Parents Need to Know - Recovery Notice: Fluvirin (Influenza Virus Vaccine) - October 20, 2006 (exit)
- Recall of Decavac Vaccine - (Amerisource Bergen / Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.) - May 30, 2006 (exit)
- Recall of Rabies Vaccine (Human Diploid Cell), Imovax Rabies
Aventis Pasteur - April 2, 2004 (exit) - Recall of Rabies Vaccine, IMOVAX Rabies - (Aventis Pasteur, Inc) - September 9, 2003 (exit)
Vaccine Recall Contacts
Contacts Outside CDC
- Merck Hib National Service Center 1-800-672-6372
- Aventis Pasteur Rabies Recall Information Hotline: 1-800-835-3587 (exit)
- Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts: FDA, United States (exit)
- Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS): 800-822-7967 (exit)
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Content last reviewed on December 14, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases