Jul 1, 2021 · In his book on the Cutter Incident —a disastrous episode in the mass distribution of the Salk polio vaccine—and its impact on vaccine production, vaccine historian Paul Offit …

Dec 17, 2024 · A vaccine for Lyme disease is not currently available. The only vaccine previously marketed in the United States, LYMERix®, was discontinued by the manufacturer in 2002, …

LYMErix Lyme disease vaccine was approved by the FDA and then withdrawn from the market following a lawsuit that pointed out the harm caused.

In 1998, the FDA approved a new recombinant Lyme vaccine, LYMErix™, which reduced new infections in vaccinated adults by nearly 80%. Just 3 years later, the manufacturer voluntarily …

Jun 17, 2021 · Currently, there is no human vaccine for Lyme disease—even though more than two decades ago, people could get a safe and effective preventative shot similar to Fawn’s. …

Oct 4, 2018 · LYMErix was a series of three vaccines at 0, 1, and 12 months. A 10,000-subject clinical trial established that LYMErix was generally well tolerated, with an calculated efficacy …

The SKB vaccine was ultimately licensed as LYMErix and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 1998. NIAID was not directly involved in the design and …

May 7, 2018 · Yet in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a vaccine called LYMErix was sold to prevent between 76 and 92 percent of infections. Hundreds of thousands of people got it — …

Two vaccines to prevent Lyme disease (LD) were developed and tested in the 1990s. Despite evidence of their safety and efficacy in clinical trials and initial postmarketing surveillance, one …

Aug 23, 2019 · As the threat of Lyme disease grows and fears surrounding it spread faster than the ticks that carry the infection, researchers are developing two vaccine or vaccine-like …