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 [sinolinx.com Aggregated China News] Human bird flu vaccine gets green light for pre-pandemic: the vaccine was safe and effective, the company said yesterday. The vaccine uses an inactivated whole H5N1 virus from Vietnam, said an official from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech, which jointly developed the vaccine with China's .

[A Journey Through The World of Pandemic Influenza] US Pandemic Vaccine Supply: Concerning the H5N1 vaccine, the report says, "By the end of 2007, HHS had purchased and stockpiled 13 million courses of pre-pandemic vaccine." The previous report, issued in mid-July, said the agency had acquired 12 million doses of the vaccine, enough for 6 million people.

[Medical News and Health News Blog] Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine ...: This is one of the first trials to demonstrate that a single dose of pandemic influenza vaccine may meet the level of protection suggested in U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance, which recommends that a pandemic vaccine achieve immune response levels considered protective in 70 percent or more of vaccine recipients. The trial was conducted under a $14.5 million contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the potential for an additional $114 million in follow-on funding.

[Medical,Health News and Articles] Vaccine boosting patch promising in test, offering pandemic ...: Fedson, a retired academic living in France, suggested if the patches could be formulated to deliver both vaccine and adjuvant, they could make pandemic vaccine delivery logistically feasible in parts of the world where there is little hope standard vial-and-needle pandemic flu vaccine will ever be available.

[Rx Times - Pharmacy Magazine] Study Finds Single Dose of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine ...: statistically significant improvement over those who received the H5N1 influenza vaccine alone. This is one of the first trials to demonstrate that a single dose of pandemic influenza vaccine may meet the level of protection suggested .

[Healthy Life] Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine ...: Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced positive interim results from the 500-subject Phase 1/2 trial of its immunostimulant adjuvant patch used with an injected vaccine for H5N1 influenza. The trial met a key endpoint, demonstrating a clinically relevant adjuvant effect when the Iomai patch was used with a single dose of the 45-microgram H5N1 vaccine.

 [Trader Mike] Watchlist for April 2, 2008: Other news: TKO +19.8% (awarded exclusive 2-yr contract for hospitality energy efficiency program), SVA +14.9% (receives China State Food and Drug Administration approval for pandemic influenza H5N1 vaccine), CPST +7.0% (receives HEV bus order for $5 mln from DesignLine International), NCC +5.6% (in talks with KeyCorp - WSJ), CC +3.6% (up in sympathy with BBY), KKD +3.2% (seeks amendments to credit facilities), AMAT +2.6% (Cramer makes positive comments on MadMoney), FIC +2.2% (announces reengineering plan; expects to reduce cost structure by $100 mln, yield annual pre-tax savings of $35 mln and a Q2 charge of $7 mln), NOK +2.1% (still checking), CVTX +2.1% (announces Ranexa significantly reduces cardiac chest pain symptoms and recurrent ischemia in merlin-timi 36 patients with angina), BCE +2.0% (BCE deal will proceed as planned, adviser says - Globe and Mail), AER +2.0% (announced its subsidiary AeroTurbine entered into a ten year component lease agreement signed between British Airways and AeroTurbine), SIRT +1.8% (receives orphan drug designation from FDA for Resveratrol in Mitochondrial Disorder, MELAS syndrome), STM +1.5% (announces its Board has authorized the co repurchase up to 30 mln common shares), NBR +1.5% (Cramer makes positive comments on MadMoney)…

[Physician blog] Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine ...: Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced positive interim results from the 500-subject Phase 1/2 trial of its immunostimulant adjuvant patch used with an injected vaccine for H5N1 influenza. The trial met a key endpoint, demonstrating a clinically relevant adjuvant effect when the Iomai patch was used with a single dose of the 45-microgram H5N1 vaccine.

[Easy Fast Cash] WHO Releases Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: This checklist should be used as one tool in developing an overall pandemic influenza plan for correctional systems as well as individual facilities. Responsible officials should incorporate information from State, regional and local health departments and emergency management agencies/authorities into the system and individual facility pandemic influenza plan.

 [Ekrgriseldastephanie's Weblog] Natural Solutions for Avian Bird Flu: Made from azide compounds in the star anise seed, Tamiflu is still the drug of choice among conventional medicine practitioners without a readily available vaccine. TamifluвЂâ™s patent, held by Swiss pharmaceutical Roche Holding AG, is good for another 16 years, but the drugmaker is being asked to grant rights to several countries to make a generic copy.

[Easy Fast Cash] H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events (World Health ...: The BioChek Avian Influenza Antibody and Prionics® Check Western diagnostic kits got a positive recommendation by the Commission for Biological Standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

[Pharmacy online blog] EMEA Recommends Authorisation Of First Pre-Pandemic Influenza ...: Pre-pandemic vaccines are part of the commitment intended to support Member States prepare for pandemic influenza. Other approaches include the authorisation of mock-up vaccines, two of which (Daronrix and Focetria) are authorised at the condition of the European Union.

[Easy Fast Cash] Three-Day Web Dialogue on Vaccine Allocation: This Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance provides a wide range of information and tools helpful to pandemic planners, including: Internet resources, communication tools, sample infection control programs, and self-triage and home care resources. It also offers how-to advice on diagnosis and treatment of staff during a pandemic, developing planning and supply checklists, and risk communication.

[Pasca aka Zerofox Blog] I Got Flu - EN: Fortunately, this virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people.Vaccinations against influenza are usually given to people in developed countries with a high risk of contracting the disease,and to farmed poultry.The most common human vaccine is the trivalent influenza vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically this vaccine includes material from two influenza A virus subtypes and one influenza B virus strain.A vaccine formulated for one year may be ineffective in the following year, since the influenza virus changes rapidly over time and different strains become dominant.

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