In 1955 Cutter Labs was given a contract to produce some of Jonas Salk's new polio vaccine. A production error caused some live virus to be injected into unsuspecting children. Reports suggest that five American's died as a result of the error.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
The Cutter Incident
In 1955 Cutter Labs was given a contract to produce some of Jonas Salk's new polio vaccine. A production error caused some live virus to be injected into unsuspecting children. Reports suggest that five American's died as a result of the error.
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