PPD and Southern Research Institute today announced they have formed a collaborative agreement in pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine …
WILMINGTON, N.C. & BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—-PPD and Southern Research Institute today announced they have formed a collaborative agreement in pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine research and development to provide clients a full spectrum of influenza vaccine development services by collaborating on client bids and projects.
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Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), in conjunction with DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC Company (NYSE:CSC), presented Phase III study data measuring the clinical efficacy for PREFLUCEL, a trivalent seasonal influenza candidate vaccine. PREFLUCEL is made using Baxter’s Vero cell culture platform and does not contain an adjuvant or preservatives. The data were presented at the …
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Baxter Presents Clinical Efficacy Results From Phase III Study Of Seasonal Flu Vaccine (Medical News Today)
DEERFIELD, Ill.—-Baxter International Inc. , in conjunction with DynPort Vaccine Company LLC , a CSC Company , today presented Phase III study data measuring the clinical efficacy for PREFLUCEL, a trivalent seasonal influenza candidate vaccine.
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Baxter Presents Clinical Efficacy Results from Phase III Study of Seasonal Flu Vaccine (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
P.E.I. health officials say they are still waiting for the first reported case of seasonal influenza this year.
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Flu season quiet so far (CBC Prince Edward Island)
Pregnant women, very overweight people, children aged under five (on the advice of their doctor) and people with long term medical conditions are urged to have a free seasonal influenza vaccination, which includes protection against pandemic influenza (swine flu), this month.
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Swine Flu At-Risk Offered Free Vaccinations (Scoop.co.nz)
( NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ) Results of a clinical trial conducted in a largely self-contained religious community during the 2008-09 influenza season show that immunizing children against seasonal influenza can significantly protect unvaccinated community members against influenza as well. The study was conducted to determine if immunized children could act as a …
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NIAD media availability: Vaccinating children against flu helps protect wider community (EurekAlert!)
, February 26, 2010 (ENS) – Genetic interactions between avian influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains that combine the virulence of bird flu with the ability to spread like a pandemic, new research has found.
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Contagious Hybrid Bird Flu-Human Flu Created in Lab (Environment News Service)
Colorado has a better vaccination rate for both seasonal influenza and H1NI flu than the national rates. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said that 60.3 percent of children and teens in the state received seasonal flu vaccination, which was twice as high as the national rate. Only 32.1 percent of that same group
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State flu vaccinations top national stats (Colorado Springs Business Journal)
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new study.
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Virus hybridization could create pandemic bird flu (Science Daily)