Vaccine

An article on a new vaccine for Lyme disease, "New Effort for Lyme Disease Vaccine Draws Early Fire," by Sumathi Reddy, appeared in the Wall Street Journal on July 9, 2018. The article, which includes a quote by LDA President, Pat Smith, reports that a European company, Valneva SE, is in clinical trials for a vaccine for Lyme disease, which has been fast tracked by the FDA.

The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article regarding the development of a vaccine for Lyme disease, October 2013. The article is titled, “It’s Time to Develop a Vaccine for Lyme Disease, Doctor Says” by Ilene Raymond Rush.  We are providing a repsonse to that article by Stephen A. Sheller, founding partner of Sheller, P.C., a national whistleblower, plaintiff’s product liability, personal injury class action law firm based in Philadelphia. His book including his work on Lyme Disease, A Nation Betrayed, is soon to be released. Click here for the article in Philadelphia Inquirer    Click here for the Op-Ed

On January 22, 2002 in Bethesda, MD., the LDA was able to get a private meeting with the FDA on the vaccine issue, despite reluctance by the FDA to grant the meeting. Congressman Chris Smith helped facilitate the setup of this meeting. On February 25, 2002, a month after meeting with FDA, LDA received written answers to its questions from FDA and, also, learned that Glaxo SmithKline had quietly pulled Lymerix from the market, citing "poor sales." CLICK HERE FOR THE RESPONSE

This is an FDA powerpoint by Robert Ball, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.M., on the Lymerix Vaccine, LYMErix® Safety Data Reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), January 31, 2001. Robert Ball, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.M., Division of Epidemiology, Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, MD  CLICK HERE FOR THE POWERPOINT

This is a piece on the Lymerix Vaccine controversy, written by Patricia V. Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Lyme Times Special Issue Sept. 2018 The LYMErix™ Story: FDA Approval to Market Withdrawal ─ Learning from History  Click here to read article