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Dec 13, 2011

Novartis says cell-based flu vaccine facility ready to produce

Robert Roos
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Dec 13, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – Novartis's new cell-culture based influenza vaccine factory in North Carolina has begun making a prepandemic H5N1 flu vaccine and is ready to start producing vaccines for a real pandemic when needed, the company and federal health officials announced yesterday.

The facility in Holly Springs, N.C., billed as the first of its kind in the United States, was dedicated yesterday after a long testing process.

Dec 06, 2011

Dec 05, 2011

Dec 05, 2011

CDC sees improving flu vaccine uptake in kids, health workers

Lisa Schnirring
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Dec 05, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today they see promising signs of increased flu vaccine uptake in children and healthcare workers so far this year, adding that they hope to boost less impressive numbers in adults and those with chronic medical conditions.

Dec 02, 2011

Dec 02, 2011

Vaccine virus for novel H3N2 based on 2010 swine flu strain

Robert Roos
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Dec 02, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) got a head start on preparing a vaccine against the novel swine-origin influenza strain recently found in four states by using a slightly different swine-origin strain that cropped up last year, CDC officials said today.

Nov 21, 2011

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