I have had the first dose of Celvapan. I have also worked in cell culture in a biotech facility for 7 years. I am 32 weeks pregnant.
A few things I want to add:
The HIV contamination issue happened years ago with supplies of a clotting factor to haemophiliac patients. This was when HIV was first characterised, and no efficient method had been developed to detect it.
As far as Vero cells being contaminated with HIV goes, that's just rubbish. They are used to study HIV, for the same reason they have been used to "grow" this vaccine - i.e. they are well suited to support the growth of viruses. I have read the previous post about the supposed contamination, and its clear that somebody has misinterpreted what theyve read. The cell line, as it's supplied for use, does not carry any viruses. You have to purposefully infect it. It is routinely screened for any viral motifs that indicate viral contamination.
On the "it is made using cancerous cells" note, all cell lines used to study or develop anything are technically cancerous. They either originate from a tumour, or they are transformed to keep replicating. There are no whole cells in the final product, as the virus is purified from it in a process that makes this impossible. It is then treated with formaldehyde (would halt any further cell division very effectively), and then gamma irradiated (anything that might have been growing in it, certainly isn't anymore). But as I said, there are no cells in there in the first place, just dead virus protein.
Just wanted to clear up a few of the things that have been said.
I declined the Pandemrix because of the squalene in it (and I do have access to proper research), but am perfectly happy to have had the Celvapan.