Sweden: No Link Between Pandemrix And Narcolepsy

 

 

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From CIDRAP News tonight, a report by Lisa Schnirring on the findings of Sweden’s Medical Products Agency’s investigation into a possible link between GSK’s Pandemrix vaccine and narcolepsy.

 

The preliminary investigation has found no apparent link between the vaccine and the neurological disorder, as many of the recent cases never received the vaccine. 

 

Follow the link to read the entire report.

 

Sweden finds no link between H1N1 vaccine, narcolepsy

Lisa Schnirring * Staff Writer

Sep 9, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Preliminary results from an investigation by Swedish regulators into reports of narcolepsy in people who received a 2009 H1N1 vaccine found no link between the immunization and the condition.

In a report yesterday from the country's Medical Products Agency, investigators said they found that narcolepsy developed both in people who had and who had not received the vaccine, Finland-based YLE News reported yesterday.

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