Pandemic
GlaxoSmithKline supports World Health Organization efforts to strengthen global pandemic preparedness plans
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 27th, 2007
GlaxoSmithKline [GSK: NYSE] today commended the commitment of the World Health Organization (WHO) to progress plans for ensuring that the world's most vulnerable people are protected in the event of a pandemic. Key elements of that commitment include progress being made towards the development of an H5N1 vaccine global stockpile by the WHO, and efforts to establish an additional mechanism to ensure broader access to pandemic influenza vaccine for developing world countries.
Pandemic influenza poses a serious global public health threat with substantial estimated morbidity and mortality. The exact strain that may cause an influenza pandemic cannot be accurately...
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