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WHO meets on production of swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- As swine flu cases hit 6,500 worldwide, World Health Organization officials were meeting with vaccine manufacturers and other experts in Geneva on Thursday to discuss making a vaccine to fight the virus.





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Govt says swine flu vaccine catching up to demand

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created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week.


US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but tell The Associated Press that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs - the chief way flu vaccines are made.


GlaxoSmithKline taking pandemic vaccine orders

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said Friday it has received orders from several countries to stockpile pandemic vaccine as soon as it gets the vaccine's key ingredient from the World Health Organization.


CDC says October soonest for swine flu shots

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if vaccine production and testing run smoothly this summer.


Panel urges some swine flu vaccine next month

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The government should speed availability of at least a little swine flu vaccine next month instead of in October, the president's scientific advisers recommended Monday.


Economist argues that public-private partnerships are a must in creating an HIV vaccine

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT economist Jeffrey Harris argues that while the scientific obstacles to creating an HIV vaccine are great, the lack of commercial incentive poses a major problem.


Manufacturers brewing new swine flu vaccine (AP)

Manufacturers brewing new swine flu vaccine

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Attention is shifting to the world's five leading flu vaccine makers: How fast are they really producing swine flu vaccine, and just how do they plan to test that it works?


WHO: Pandemic flu vaccine production to fall short (AP)

WHO: Pandemic flu vaccine production to fall short

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Global production of swine flu vaccines will be "substantially less" than the previous maximum forecast of 94 million doses a week, the World Health Organization said Friday.


US expects far fewer swine flu shots in October

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. won't have nearly as much swine flu vaccine ready by mid-October as long predicted - 45 million doses instead of the anticipated 120 million, a federal official said Monday.


Human trials of universal flu vaccine begin

Human trials of universal flu vaccine begin

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Clinical trials of a new vaccine that could protect against multiple types of flu are beginning at Oxford University. If successful, the ‘universal’ flu injection would transform the way we vaccinate against ...



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