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Article: FDA OKs CSL Biotherapies' Influenza Vaccine Filling and Packaging Facility in Illinois.
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- Health & Beauty Close-Up
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- August 21, 2009
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CSL Biotherapies, a subsidiary of CSL Limited, a manufacturer of influenza vaccine, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has licensed the company's newest vaccine filling and packaging facility, located in Kankakee, Ill.
The facility, part of an investment to expand CSL's U.S. influenza vaccine production capabilities, includes a high-speed, single-dose vaccine syringe filling line.
In a release, the Company noted that the primary function of the Kankakee facility is to provide filling and packaging services for CSL Biotherapies' influenza vaccine supply to the U.S. market. That supply is manufactured in Australia. CSL Biotherapies ...