Immunization
FluMist(R) Now Available for the 2008-2009 Flu Season
Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 20th, 2008
MedImmune announced that it began shipping FluMist(R) (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) on July 31 for the 2008-2009 influenza season. Early and wide availability of FluMist is a key component in maximizing opportunities to vaccinate an additional 30 million children and teenagers through the age of 18 years who are now recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to be vaccinated annually against influenza.
The CDC also advises that flu vaccine be administered every year as soon as it becomes available. Results of a recent analysis reported by MedImmune at the annual meeting of...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-20)
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