1.   The component had been genetically engineered to produce a vaccine highly effective against all strains.

2.   The vaccine had been produced by an unconventional technique.

3.   Another vaccine is produced by the U.S. subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical company Pasteur-Merieux Connaught.

4.   BioPort officials have said they have a viable program to produce the vaccine and that it is safe.

5.   A new contract to produce the vaccine has now been awarded to Barr Laboratories, an Army spokesman said.

6.   But it also underscores the problem the government has had in producing enough vaccine for the entire military.

7.   Compared with the conventional vaccine-manufacturing method, genetic engineering makes it easier to produce vaccines in high doses.

8.   Decker said the old Aventis vaccine had been produced under contract with the government.

9.   Dr. David Satcher, the U.S. surgeon general, wrote to the Pentagon in January urging that the factory also be used to produce vaccines for civilian use.

10.   Early this month, the only company that produces the vaccine said it is perilously close to bankruptcy.