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Lori Price CLG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 10:09 PM
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HHS Buys Vaccine, Antiviral to Combat Potential Flu Pandemic
HHS Buys Vaccine, Antiviral to Combat Potential Flu Pandemic

Secretary voices support of International Partnership on Avian and Pendemic Influenza

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the purchase of vaccine and antiviral medications that could be used in the event of a potential influenza pandemic. He also affirmed his commitment to the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza announced by President (sic) Bush yesterday at the United Nations General Assembly.

The department has awarded a $100 million contract to sanofi pasteur, the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group, to manufacture avian influenza vaccine designed to protect against (Yeah, right!) the H5N1 influenza virus strain, which has caused an epidemic of avian flu in Asia.

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news



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