UK: Confidential MMR vaccine files should be opened in the public interest

[Sileree]

"The information is likely to include data from the pre-licensing studies of MMR before the nationwide immunisation began in 1988.

...Jackie Fletcher, who runs the vaccine awareness group Jabs, said parents who believed their children were damaged by MMR, often with debilitating gut problems, wanted to know the basis on which the vaccine was originally approved.

...'We want to see what the evidence was and how long the vaccine was tested for before it was used nationwide' she said."

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I definitely want to see them also. The Cochrane group said the pre- and post-licensing studies for safety were largely inadequate.

[Marnica]

If the studies were adequate then why is it a big secret??

[newmum35]

So the MMR was introduced in 1988 in the UK? When was it in the USA? (I thought I read once 1979 - is this right?)

[Sileree]

Originally Posted by newmum35

So the MMR was introduced in 1988 in the UK? When was it in the USA? (I thought I read once 1979 - is this right?)

1971 I believe.