Sanofi Pasteur: Nunavut

BCG Vaccine Dept: The vaccine is offered to newborns in Nunavut and helps protect against serious forms of the disease for two years. The rate of TB in Nunavut is about 75 times the national average, according to the Canadian Medical Association. Sanofi Pasteur, the manufacturer of the BCG vaccine, estimates production will resume in late 2013 after renovations to its Ontario manufacturing facility are completed, according to CBC. Nunavut was rationing its remaining supply of the vaccine when the manufacturer recalled the remaining vials last Friday as problems at the company s manufacturing facility in Ontario may have affected the vaccine s quality and the Canadian manufacturer of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine says it won't be making more until late 2013. Sanofi Pasteur, the only Canadian company that makes the BCG vaccine, stopped distributing it in April. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.