Scientists See Success in Flu Vaccine Made by Faster Method

A News & Events entry posted on February 16, 2011

A flu vaccine made by a new, faster method works just as well as existing products, researchers reported Tuesday.
The finding clears a hurdle in the government’s effort to move toward a manufacturing process that could allow for a more reliable supply of seasonal flu shots and quicker responses to pandemics.
The new vaccine, which could become available in the United States in the next few years, is made by growing the influenza virus in cultures of animal cells rather than in the chicken eggs that have been used for more than half a century.

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