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Do Not Use Agriflu or Fluad Influenza Vaccines Until Further Notice

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Please do not use Agriflu® or Fluad® influenza vaccines until further notice. 

Health Canada has decided to temporarily suspend the distribution and use of the influenza vaccines Agriflu® and Fluad®, produced in Italy by Novartis (see attached notice). The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care has been advised that this decision is a precautionary measure based on the discovery of white floating material in vaccine in Europe. They are not aware of any unexpected adverse events that have been associated with either of these products.

Note that at present this is a temporary suspension of the distribution and use of these products until further assessment can be done. Please ensure that these products are kept and appropriately stored, with the cold chain maintained. 

The influenza vaccines Vaxigrip© (Sanofi Pasteur) or Fluviral© (GlaxoSmithKline) are NOT affected by this decision.

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