More and more profits for the big vaccine makers! This H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic has certainly increased the bottom line for these vaccine makers. Novartis is now set to open the 1st next-generation vaccine plant in the United States. It will be unique, because the plant will grow the virus vaccines in dog cells as opposed to chicken eggs!
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Source: The Star Online
The factory in Holly Springs, North Carolina, will use batches of dog cells to grow influenza vaccine, instead of the chicken eggs widely used now. While the cell method is only slightly faster, it can be scaled up more quickly.
Federal advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week asked for more safety data on another cell-based vaccine, one made by privately held Protein Sciences Corp. But U.S. officials said the new Novartis shot is not as experimental.
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Source: The Star Online
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