Sanofi Wins Govt Contract for Eggs for Flu Shot
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  awarded Sanofi-Aventis a contract worth up to $41 million  through 2008 to maintain a supply of eggs year-round that could  be used in flu vaccine production.
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U.S. health officials agreed to buy  1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline  on Tuesday and said another 2.8 million doses from the company  will be available later during the flu season.
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Chiron Corp. CHIR.O has won a  contract to develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird  flu that can infect people and "has the potential to trigger a  modern-day pandemic," the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
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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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Chiron Corp. (CHIR.O) has won a contract to develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird flu that can infect people and "has the potential to trigger a modern-day pandemic," the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
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PARIS Sanofi-SynthÃ©labo, which this month completed its $63 billion purchase of a rival drug manufacturer, Aventis, reported Tuesday a 21 percent jump in first-half profit on higher demand for the blood thinner Plavix and the cancer treatment Eloxatin.
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Chiron Corp. CHIR.O has won a contract to develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird flu that can infect people and &quot;has the potential to trigger a modern-day pandemic,&quot; the US ...
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Tiny VaxGen Inc. hit a home run Thursday when it won an $877 million contract to supply the US government with an anthrax vaccine for civilian defense.
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Roche Holding AG said Monday it will produce enough doses of the drug Tamiflu to cover this year's influenza season.
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The U.S. Health and Human Services  Department said on Tuesday it had ordered 2 million doses of  avian influenza vaccine from Aventis Pasteur Inc.
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Sanofi Pasteur MSD says it has won approval to begin selling Gardasil, the first vaccine against cervical cancer, in Europe.
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ID Biomedical Corp.   signed a 10-year U.S. distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could reap sales of &#36;2.3 billion and help U.S. authorities fill a flu vaccine shortage, the company said on Monday.
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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza vaccine, Fluarix, in the United States under an Investigational New Drug application.
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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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US health officials agreed to buy 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday and said another 2.8 million doses from the company will be available later during the flu season.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a contract to Aventis Pasteur Inc. to make and store two million doses of avian influenza H5N1 vaccine, it was announced Tuesday.
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Dec 7, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The federal government is buying 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine made in Germany to augment the strained US supply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.