NOVARTIS, formerly Chiron (Liverpool factory formerly owned by Medeva then Evans Vaccines)
Menjugate ® (Chiron) Injection, powder for
reconstitution, capsular polysaccharide antigen of Neisseria meningitidis group C
(conjugated to
Corynebacterium diphtheriae protein), adsorbed onto aluminium hydroxide, single-dose and
10-dose vials
The Liverpool plant concerned was formerly owned by Powderject, run by the Labour party donor Paul Drayson, once at the heart of a dispute over a contract for smallpox vaccines, but that company was bought by Chiron last year [2003].
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