More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine now available, CDC director saysOctober 27th, 2009 more images
more imagesCDC: Swine flu vaccine outlook improvingATLANTA — U.S. health officials say more than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are now available, and they predict most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose.
CDC: Seasonal flu vaccinations at unprecedented levels; swine flu widespread in most statesOctober 23rd, 2009 US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000ATLANTA — More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday. Sixty million people have gotten the winter flu vaccine — probably because they're paying more attention to flu warnings in general, thanks to swine flu.
Novartis posts 1 percent increase in 3Q net profit; says charges prevented better resultOctober 22nd, 2009 Novartis says 3Q profit up 1 pct, raises outlookGENEVA — Drug maker Novartis AG posted Thursday a 1 percent increase in third-quarter net profit on strong sales of pharmaceuticals, such as its new Afinitor drug against kidney cancer, and raised its full-year outlook after the approval of its swine flu vaccines. The profit of $2.1 billion was up from $2 billion in the same period of 2008.
Government: 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine set for November, 150 million in DecemberOctober 21st, 2009 Swine flu vaccine goal 50 million doses next monthWASHINGTON — The government now hopes to have about 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine out by mid-November and 150 million in December. Doses have been arriving more slowly than had been hoped, but Dr.
In rush to get out swine flu vaccine, suppliers report delay, cutbacks in winter flu versionsOctober 1st, 2009 Suppliers face winter flu vaccine delays, cutbacksWaiting for the swine flu vaccine? Well, you might have to wait a bit longer for a seasonal flu shot, too. The biggest makers of seasonal flu vaccines in the U.S.
Swine flu vaccine ready, enters EuropeSeptember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global pharma major Novartis Friday announced it is ready with a swine flu vaccine and has started first deliveries to governments in Europe, giving hopes to people in many parts of the world. Novartis has already started first deliveries of pandemic vaccines under quarantine to governments in Europe, despite the initially low yields with the current production seed strain provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
US says first swine flu vaccine ready Oct. 6September 25th, 2009 US says first swine flu vaccine ready Oct. 6ATLANTA — U.S.
US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5September 25th, 2009 US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5ATLANTA — The first swine flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Oct.
At least 6 million swine flu vaccine doses arrive first week of October; far more coming soonSeptember 24th, 2009 HHS: Swine flu vaccine starts arriving in 2 weeksWASHINGTON — More swine flu vaccine will arrive the first week of October than officials previously thought — between 6 million and 7 million doses. That's roughly double earlier predictions, and most will be the nasal spray version called FluMist, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.
US orders more doses of swine flu vaccine doses, bringing eventual total to 251 million dosesSeptember 21st, 2009 US orders more lots more swine flu vaccineWASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have ordered more swine flu vaccine — bringing the nation's eventual total to 251 million doses.
Sanofi-Aventis CEO says US deliveries of swine flu vaccine to begin in OctoberSeptember 21st, 2009 Sanofi to deliver swine flu vaccine in OctoberPARIS — Sanofi-Aventis SA will begin delivering the first doses of its new swine flu vaccine in the United States by mid-October, the head of France's largest pharmaceutical company said Monday. In an interview with French daily Le Figaro, Chris Viehbacher said Sanofi-Aventis will be able to produce at least 800 million doses of the vaccine per year.
Initial trickle of swine flu vaccine will be 3.4 million doses of nasal spray, CDC saysSeptember 18th, 2009 CDC: First swine flu vaccines will be nasal sprayATLANTA — Health officials say the first doses of swine flu vaccine will be the nasal spray version. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that about 3.4 million doses of nasal spray vaccine will be available the first week of October.
First available doses of swine flu vaccine will be nasal spraySeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The first vaccine doses for the H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, will be available in the form of a nasal spray, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. About 3.4 million doses of the nasal spray vaccine - which can be used only by those between the ages of 2 and 49 - will be ready for distribution to 90,000 providers by the first week of October, epidemiologist Jay Butler, chief of the CDC's 2009 H1N1 vaccine task force, said Friday.
China's Sinovac gets world's first swine flu vaccine production licenseSeptember 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - China Thursday approved a swine flu vaccine produced by the domestic pharmaceutical company Sinovac, making it the first to get a production license in the global race. The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued the license for Sinovac's vaccine called Panflu.1 Thursday, after it passed SFDA's experts evaluation Aug 31.
Flu season: How many shots?August 30th, 2009 Flu season: How many shots?WASHINGTON — Doctors don't know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people — or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.
