ID Biomedical Gets U.S. Flu Drug Deal
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ID Biomedical Corp. IDB.TO IDBE.O  signed a 10-year U.S. distribution deal for its Fluviral drug  that could reap sales of $2.3 billion and help U.S. authorities  fill a flu vaccine shortage, the company said on Monday.
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ID Biomedical has been working for a year to expand its vaccine manufacturing plant in Quebec. The Canadian company hopes to supply about 38 million flu shots annually to the United States in the future.
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In the latest endorsement of a science technique discovered at the University of Massachusetts, the international drug giant Roche signed a $331 million deal with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge for the rights to develop drugs using RNA interference.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his administration has negotiated a tentative agreement to purchase at least 30,000 flu vaccinations from British wholesalers, but federal regulators must still approve the deal.
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MedImmune Inc. will provide an  additional 1 million doses of its FluMist nasal spray vaccine  to the U.S. market this year to help the country cope with a  shortage of flu shots, health officials said on Thursday.
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U.S. health officials, taking  another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved  the importation of up to 4 million flu shot doses from Europe  on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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MedImmune (MEDI:Nasdaq - news - research)said the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will include the company&#39;s FluMist inhaled flu vaccine in a program for poor children and adolescents during the next flu season.
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NEW YORK, December 6  - ID Biomedical Corp (IDBE.NAS) announced today that it has signed a ten-year US distribution agreement for its Fluviral treatment, expected to generate $2.5 billion in sales and offset the shortage of flu vaccines
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Sep 21, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - In a bid to limit the threat of an influenza pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding a contract to Aventis Pasteur Inc.
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday  approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza  vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, bringing the U.S. total to 65  million vaccines for this flu season.
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The United States has found 5  million doses of influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc in  Germany and ID Biomedical in Canada and is trying to get them  for Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy  Thompson said on Thursday.
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AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC.N said  on Monday it has signed a 10-year agreement with ID Biomedical  Corp. IDB.TO of Canada to distribute ID Biomedical's flu  vaccine in the United States.
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The pharmaceutical giant signs another collaborative research agreement with the small-cap company.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich has announced that American Airlines has agreed to provide free shipping for the nearly 300,000 doses of flu vaccine that Illinois has secured from wholesalers in Europe.
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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding Ag said  on Monday that U.S. health regulators approved its Tamiflu  influenza treatment at two lower doses for children in a form  with a longer shelf life that could be an advantage for use in  stockpiling against a flu pandemic.
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It&#39;s too late for this year&#39;s flu season, but a Canadian drug company yesterday said it has agreed to provide influenza vaccines to Henry Schein Inc.
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MedImmune Inc. will provide an additional 1 million doses of its FluMist nasal spray vaccine to the U.S. market this year to help the country cope with a shortage of flu shots, health officials said on Thursday.