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• 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine

  2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine   Will the seasonal flu vaccine also protect against the 2009 H1N1 flu? The seasonal flu vaccine is not expected to protect against the 2009 H1N1 flu. Can the seasonal vaccine and the 2009 H1N1 vaccine be given at the sam...

• Influenza Antiviral Drugs

  Influenza Antiviral Drugs   On September 8, 2009 CDC updated its recommendations for the use of influenza antiviral medicines to provide additional guidance for clinicians in prescribing antiviral medicines for treatment and prevention (chemoprophylaxi...

• Single-dose swine flu vaccine

  Single-dose swine flu vaccine in the works A single-dose H1N1 swine flu vaccine may soon happen. Contrary to what was earlier expected, the vaccine against H1N1 may not be multi-dose, as results from a pilot study of Novartis H1N1 candidate vaccine revea...

• Minimum, but reasonable purchase

  Dear Friends, In yet another twist to Swine flu controversy, the big pharma are all set to exploit the situation. They have asked for advance commitment of purchase of vaccine from India apart from relaxing the norms for human trials. When these pharma c...

• H1N1 virus hasn’t mutated

  H1N1 virus hasn’t mutated so far Laboratory studies carried out on 40 isolates of the H1N1 virus at the National Institute of Virology (NIV)  PUNE have categorically ruled out any mutation of the virus in India.  We have not found any mutation of th...