Posted on June 11, 2009 by Patients and Patents
The BBC reports that UN health officials are expected to declare the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, after holding emergency talks on the swine flu crisis.
WHO poised to declare first flu pandemic in 40 years
Flu experts expected to recommend move to phase 6
Expected to urge finishing seasonal flu vaccine production
Spread of virus in [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by Patients and Patents
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with over 30 vaccine manufacturers from developing and developed countries at WHO headquarters yesterday. Industry representatives affirmed their wish to cooperate in making supplies of any eventual vaccine for Influenza A(H1N1) available to developing countries, and said they stood ready to produce the [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by Patients and Patents
Live Twitter updates from the 62nd World Health Assembly: www.twitter.com/patientspatents
The 62nd World Health Assembly opened yesterday (May 18, 2009) and much of the administrative details (election of the President, chairmans of the committees, adoption of the agenda, etc.). Dr. Margaret Chan also addressed the Assembly.
The WHA was significantly shortened due to the H1N1 outbreak. As a [...]
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Health Canada warns people not to buy unauthorized products to fight H1N1 flu
Federal authorities are warning Canadians not to buy unauthorized products from the Internet or other sources that claim to fight the H1N1 virus. The Competition Bureau and Health Canada issued a statement Wednesday saying that only three products are authorized for use against the virus: the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline called Arepanrix, which is available at [...]
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