SOME MIXED VACCINES NOT ADMITTED TO N. N. R.

Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry

The Council has authorized publication of the following report.

W. A. Puckner, Secretary.

The consideration of the following “mixed” vaccines was requested by F. I. Lackenbach, San Francisco:

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 2 (Staph-Strep. Bacterin) containing killed Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus and strepto­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 3 (Pneumo-Staph-Strep. Bacterin) containing killed Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus, strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 4 (Pneumo-Staph-Strep-Coli Bacterin) containing killed Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus, Staphylo­coccus citreus, Bacillus coli, strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 5 (Influenza Combined Bacterin) containing killed Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus, Bacillus Friedländer, Bacillus influenzae, Micro­coccus catarrhalis, strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 11 (Pneumo-Strep. Bacterin) containing killed strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 15 (Combined Whooping Cough Bacterin) containing killed Bacillus pertussis, Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus, Micro­coccus catarrhalis, Bacillus influenzae, strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Special Bacterial Vaccine No. 16 (Mixed Gono­coccus Bacterin) containing killed gono­coccus, Staphylo­coccus albus, Staphylo­coccus aureus, Bacillus coli, diphtheroid bacillus, strepto­coccus and pneumo­coccus.

Mr. Lackenbach states that these bacterial mixtures were prepared for him by E. R. Squibb & Sons. Their sale in interstate commerce is permitted under the license granted to the latter firm by the U. S. Treasury Department. However, no evidence of any kind was presented to the Council proving the therapeutic efficacy of the several mixed vaccines. As a mixture of two or more kinds of organisms is accepted for New and Non­official Remedies only if there is satisfactory evidence that its therapeutic use is rational, the Council declared the several vaccine mixtures ineligible for New and Non­official Remedies (Rule 10).—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1919, p. 90.)