The Canadian Swine Health Board is once again encouraging pork producers to protect themselves and their swine herds by being vaccinated against seasonal influenza. Influenza is a virus of the upper respiratory tract. Certain strains ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine, Q-pan, to protect against H5N1 influenza, or avian flu. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was developed in partnership with the ...
British drugmaker AstraZeneca has received positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its new four-in-one flu vaccine Fluenz Tetra. Fluenz Tetra, a nasally ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline's Flulaval Quadrivalent (Influenza Virus Vaccine) for the active immunization of people three years of age and more to help prevent disease caused by seasonal influenza ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supply of GlaxoSmithKline's four-strain (quadrivalent) influenza vaccine, Fluarix Quadrivalent, to CDC distribution centers and healthcare providers in the US. Fluarix ...
VaxInnate, a US-based biotechnology firm, has received a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to fund the development of a recombinant vaccine for the prevention of dengue. The grant will provide ...
Mystic Pharmaceuticals has obtained US patent for intranasal cartridge devices based on VersiDoser and VRx2 unit dose packaging and delivery platforms. The new device technology facilitates delivery of drugs and biologics into the body ...
With cold and flu season peaking, the recall Thursday of 24 varieties of Triaminic and Theraflu Warming Relief syrups due to faulty child-resistant safety caps serves as a reminder to parents that cough and cold medications can be dangerous ...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the FDA approval of four-strain seasonal influenza (flu) virus vaccine, Fluarix Quadrivalent, to immunize adults and children of three years age and more, in the US. The intramuscular vaccine is ...
Novartis has commenced shipment of Fluvirin influenza vaccine for the 2012-2013 influenza season, in the US. Novartis plans to ship more than 30 million doses of the Fluvirin vaccine which has been reformulated to include two new ...
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Sanofi vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, has begun shipping of the first lots of Fluzone vaccine to US health care providers following Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensure of the 2012-2013 formulation. The shipment represents ...
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