Wyeth Smallpox Vaccine Adds Black Box Warning To Labeling
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Dryvax labeling revisions include a myopericarditis boxed warning that states immunocompromised persons, persons with eczema and persons with cardiac disease should not receive the smallpox vaccine in non-emergency situations. Revised labeling also adds data on the vaccine's effect on pregnancy.