Infarmed suspended vaccines RotaTeq and Prevnar 13 for suspected adverse reaction

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Infarmed suspended

vaccines RotaTeq and Prevnar 13 for suspected adverse

reaction

The National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed)

determined, as a precautionary measure, the immediate suspension of the

use of vaccines RotaTeq and Prevnar 13 for suspected serious adverse

reactions in children.

According to an information circular Infarmed was suspended Lot no. º

1590AA/0671579 with valid until May 31, 2013, the oral solution RotaTeq

against rotavirus, a major cause of gastroenteritis in children and Lot

no. No. F73745 (917,690), valid until May 31, 2014, the injectable

vaccine Prevnar 13 for the prevention of pneumonia.

" Since these medications are dispensed in pharmacies and

administered by health care professionals, entities that have lots of

these drugs should not dispense or administer, until completion of the

assessment resulting from this situation, " the note concludes that

authority.

According to today's edition of the Journal News, Infarmed this decision

is related to the death, on Monday, a baby of six months in a nursery in

Camarate, Loures, which had been recently vaccinated.

According to the Director-General of Health, Francis , quoted the

same day, the child's body was autopsied on Tuesday in the delegation of

the Southern Institute of Forensic Medicine, whose experts are

" trying to understand what happened " and " will clarify the

causes of death, " ensuring that this is the only recorded case of

this nature.