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GSK says to start shipping swine flu vaccine next week
London (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will next week begin shipping its swine flu vaccine Pandemrix across Europe, the group announced on Wednesday following approval by regulators. "Following the (European) Commission's approval we expect to commence shipments of Pandemrix to European governments from next week," said Jean Stephenne, President of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, in a company statement. The news came one day after the European Commission cleared Pandemrix and another vaccine, Focetria, for distribution in Europe. Focetria is produced by Swiss pharaceuticals group Novartis. "GSK confirmed today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of GSK's pandemic (H1N1) adjuvanted vaccine Pandemrix for protection against pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza," the group added Wednesday. The decision on the two vaccines was pushed through last week by the European Medicines Agency amid deep concern about the new winter influenza season and an upturn in British cases of swine flu. Health experts have meanwhile warned of a second wave of flu in the coming months as the northern hemisphere winter approaches. The commission had announced Tuesday that the vaccines will be authorised for use in all 27 EU member nations as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The authorisation was expected to take effect by October 1. The development comes after the number of new swine flu cases in Britain almost doubled in a week following a summer lull, according to recent official data. In Britain -- the hardest hit European country by the virus -- authorities aim to begin vaccinations in October. The World Health Organization has meanwhile warned that drugs companies can produce only three billion doses of swine flu vaccines a year. That would cover less than half of the global population. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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EU clears swine flu vaccines for distribution in EuropeBrussels (AFP) Sept 29, 2009 The European Commission on Tuesday cleared for distribution in Europe two new vaccines to fight a swine flu pandemic, amid fears about a second wave of the potentially deadly virus. "Today the European Commission granted variations to two existing authorisations for vaccines for influenza pandemic A(H1N1)," the European Union's executive body said in a statement. The decision on the two ... read more |
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