Archive for April, 2012

FDA Approves First Quadrivalent Vaccine to Prevent Seasonal Influenza

April 5, 2012

FluMist Quadrivalent, a vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza in people ages 2 years through 49 years, has been approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FluMist Quadrivalent is the first influenza vaccine to contain four strains of the influenza virus, two influenza A strains and two influenza B strains. Go to Source

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First U.S. Cell-based Flu Vaccine Plant Set for Dedication

April 5, 2012

The first U.S. facility to use a faster and more flexible technology to make influenza vaccine was dedicated today, as part of an initiative that could provide vaccine supplies sooner in an influenza pandemic. The plant in Holly Springs, N.C., can create vaccine using cultured animal cells instead of the conventional process of using fertilized [...]

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