KFDA suspends import of Agripal flu vaccine

The Korea Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that as a precautionary measure, it has suspended the import of Agripal S1 PFS, an influenza vaccine made by the pharmaceutical firm Novartis, after the discovery of white particulate matter in some batches of Agriflu vaccines in Italy.

The Italian authorities asked all public health clinics, physicians and pharmacists to stop using this v...