VOA: First Batch of a Swine Flu Vaccine Produced

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VOA: First Batch of a Swine Flu Vaccine Produced
Novartis Produces Swine Flu Vaccine

12 June 2009





A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus
A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus
The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis says it has produced a first batch of a vaccine to fight the H1N1 swine flu virus, weeks ahead of expectations.

The company said Friday that producing the vaccine proved to be quicker through cell-based production rather than eggs, the usual method of producing vaccines.

Novartis says clinical trials will begin in July.

More than 30 governments have asked Novartis to supply them with a swine flu vaccine.

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