Croatia suspends distribution and use of BCG vaccine for newborns
Summary
Croatia's medicines agency HALMED has suspended distribution and use of all batches of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine made by Bul Bio NCIPD of Sofia, as a precaution over suspected quality defects after four reports of suspected osteomyelitis in 2026. Vaccination in maternity wards will not resume until the investigation concludes.
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AGENCIJA za lijekove i medicinske proizvode (HALMED) danas je na svojoj službenoj stranici objavila da se u Hrvatskoj obustavljaju distribucija i primjena svih serija BCG
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- Hrvatska · Country
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- 02:57 PMIndex.hrOpen the original
- 03:01 PMN1 HrvatskaOpen the original
- 03:20 PMTelegram.hrOpen the original
- 03:48 PMDnevni avazOpen the original
- 03:50 PMBanjaluka.netOpen the original
- 03:53 PMSRNA (Novinska agencija Republike Srpske)Open the original
- 04:00 PMVečernji list BiHOpen the original
- 04:02 PMTelegram.hrOpen the original
- 04:08 PMIndex.hrOpen the original
- 05:06 PMN1 HrvatskaOpen the original
- 07:48 PMIndex.hrOpen the original
- 09:29 PMTelegram.hrOpen the original
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