Thursday, December 15, 2005

Bird Flu Vaccine

The AP reports on a bird flu vaccine recently tested by Sanofi pasteur (Sanofi-Aventis):

After inoculating 300 healthy volunteers with a vaccine candidate for H5N1, the bird flu strain of most concern, immune responses were "at levels consistent with requirements of regulatory agencies for licensure of seasonal influenza vaccine" in a significant number of volunteers, the company said in a statement.

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