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Nasal vaccine developed for swine flu
New York (UPI) Jul 31, 2009 Maryland-based Medimmune pharmaceuticals expects to produce nearly five times the amount of H1N1 vaccine originally anticipated, its executives said. Medimmune, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca, expects to make 200 million doses by March, so many doses it will run out of nasal spray devices and may have to use nose droppers, Bernardus N.M. Machielse, Medimmune's executive vice president for operations told The New York Times. Medimmune is of the five companies under contract to the U.S. government to produce H1N1 flu vaccine. Medimmune also makes the nasal spray vaccine FluMist for seasonal flu viruses. An H1N1 nasal spray vaccine could be a strong weapon against swine flu because makers of conventional flu shots have reported problems producing their vaccines, the Times reported. So far, the U.S. government has ordered 12.8 million doses of H1N1 vaccine from Medimmune for $151 million and could order millions more doses, federal officials told the Times. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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EU seeks swine flu plan before schools reopenBrussels (AFP) July 31, 2009 European Union nations struggled Friday to draw up a common strategy to confront swine flu before children return to school in September, increasing the risk the illness will spread. At a meeting in Brussels, EU health experts examined a British proposal to delay school re-openings until the end of September, to help buy time so vaccines and other responses can be prepared. Other ideas ... read more |
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