The Finnish phone maker's story so far is one of delay after delay, and now it's announced, via Facebook post, that it's suspending manufacturing.
The Food and Drug Administration says there has been a shortage of the drug since last fall because manufacturing problems forced both Teva and Hospira to suspend manufacturing and recall some of their versions of the sedative.
But a week later, on Oct. 5, the company said that it was completely surprised that British health regulators had suspended its manufacturing license for three months because of quality control problems, leaving it unable to meet its shipping deadlines.
We're not suspending automobile manufacturing or walking everywhere because of those numbers.
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency announced last week that it was suspending the manufacturing license at the Liverpool factory that makes the flu vaccine.
"We want you to know that this filing was initiated to temporarily suspend our manufacturing intentions in Salo, however it doesn't mean that TRI is bankrupt".
The action was taken by health regulators in Britain, who last October suspended Chiron's manufacturing license because of bacterial contamination and quality-control problems at its Liverpool plant.
The action was taken by health regulators in Britain, who last October suspended Chiron's manufacturing license because of bacterial contamination and quality-control problems at its plant in Liverpool, where much of the United States' supply is made.
Within Japan, Nissan has suspended many of its manufacturing operations at least through the weekend because "it is still taking time to arrange delivery of parts from our suppliers," the company said in a statement.
A two-week-old strike by teachers, nurses and other public employees continued to paralyze public services on Wednesday, but the trade union federation, Cosatu, said it had suspended sympathy strikes by mining and manufacturing workers planned for Thursday.
