10 Million H1N1 Vaccines Ordered By Australia

Reports are coming in that the government of Australia has placed an order for 10 million vaccines against the novel H1N1 swine flu virus, following a press briefing from Health Minister Nicola Roxon in Canberra earlier today, Thursday. According to a report from Reuters, Roxon said the Australian government will also be ordering 1.6 million courses of the antiviral drug Relenza, bringing the national stockpile of antivirals to nearly 12 million courses.

The swine flu vaccine order has been placed with pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd who are planning to start clinical trials in a few months.

Vaccine producers worldwide have to wait for good “candidate” samples of the virus to be made in approved labs before they can start developing the vaccine. These are only just starting to come forward.

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