Europe fast-tracking swine flu vaccine London: In a drive to
inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European
governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu
vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety issues
and proper vaccine doses.The European Medicines Agency, the EU`s
top drug regulatory body, is accelerating the approval process
for swine flu vaccine, and countries such as Britain, Greece,
France and Sweden say they`ll start using the vaccine after it`s
greenlighted — possibly within weeks. In an interview with The
Associated Press, Dr Keiji Fukuda, the World Health
Organization`s flu chief, warned about the potential dangers of
untested vaccines, although he stopped short of criticizing
Europe`s approach outright. "One of the things which cannot be
compromised is the safety of vaccines," he said Friday. "There
are certain areas where you can make economies, perhaps, but
certain areas where you simply do not try to make any
economies." Flu vaccines have been us