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Flu Vaccines
Baxter Awarded Pandemic Advanced Supply Contract From the Department of Health
August 27th, 2007
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) announced that Baxter's European subsidiary in the United Kingdom has entered into an advanced supply agreement with the Department of Health that contains an option to purchase pandemic influenza vaccine in the event the World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic. Baxter will manufacture its pandemic vaccine in a serum-free, vero cell-based system, at one of the largest cell culture vaccine facilities in the world. The use of vero cell culture, rather than conventional egg-based technology, offers several advantages. Baxter's vero cell culture process can be initiated more rapidly due to its use of a "native" virus that...
Source: Clinical Trials Week (2007-08-27)
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