The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products has recently approved a type II variation introduced by the company Merial for the extension of 6 weeks for the shelf life of the vaccine BTVPUR AlSap 8 against the bluetong virus (BTV) serotype 8.
This exceptional approval applies only to some batches of BTVPUR AlSap 8, in order to meet the needs of the compulsory BTV vaccination campaign which ends on 31st December 2009.
The relevant batches of BTVPUR AlSap 8 are the following:
| Packaging 50 ml | ||
| Batch number | Expiry date
on the current packaging | Authorised extension
of the expiry date until |
| L259894 | 02/12/2009 | 13/01/2010 |
| L260479 | 09/12/2009 | 20/01/2010 |
| Packaging 100 ml | ||
| Batch number | Expiry date
on the current packaging | Authorised extension
of the expiry date until |
| L259907 | 23/12/2009 | 03/02/2010 |
| L259922 | 23/12/2009 | 03/02/2010 |