Vaccines
Cell-culture-derived flu vaccine is as effective as current flu vaccines and would provide more robust and flexible vaccine supplies
Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 2nd, 2011
2011 MAR 2 -- A flu vaccine derived from cell-culture is as effective as currently available flu vaccines, but would be less susceptible to manufacturing problems. It would also be possible to incorporate that year's predicted seasonal strains into the vaccine much later than is currently possible, reducing the chances of error. The findings appear in an Article published Online First by The Lancet, written by Dr P Noel Barrett, Baxter BioScience, Biomedical Research Centre, Orth/Donau, Austria, and colleagues.
Vaccines derived from cell culture are produced in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities using well-characterised cell lines which are...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-03-02)
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