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Feds mum on H1N1 drug lawsuits

By SUN MEDIA

Last Updated: 21st September 2009, 3:32am

 

 

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/21/11025521-sun.html

 

 

OTTAWA -- The federal government won't say if Canadians who suffer harmful side- effects from the new swine flu shot can take the vaccine maker to court.

The Public Health Agency of Canada will not reveal whether drug companies are shielded from H1N1 flu vaccine lawsuits in this country like they are in the United States.

"This is a complex issue which is currently being examined by the federal government," spokesman Nadia Mostafa said in an e-mail.

That effectively throws a shroud over Ottawa's arrangement with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which has a contract to produce 50.4 million doses of pandemic vaccine at its facility in Ste-Foy, Que.