MIX Means Variety » vaccine http://mix941kmxj.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 FDA Says Flu Injector Devices Not Approved as Vaccines http://mix941kmxj.com/fda-flu-injector-devices-vaccines/ http://mix941kmxj.com/fda-flu-injector-devices-vaccines/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:07 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=56095 Flu vaccines have always been dreaded by those who hate shots, but this year a company called PharmaJet introduced a device that uses “a high-pressure steam of liquid to pierce the skin and deliver the vaccine.” The needle-phobics rejoiced.

But now the FDA is saying, Not so fast.

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Dr. Kim D. Janda, a Scripps Research Institute professor, is one of the leading experts, having made addiction vaccines his main priority for the past 25 years. “We view this as an alternative or better way for some people,” he tells The New York Times in reference to rehab programs.

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