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Article: U.S. Government Accepts $192 Million of sanofi pasteur H5N1 Bulk Vaccine Antigen for Pandemic Stockpile
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 28, 2008
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To: HEALTH EDITORS
Contact: Global Media, Pascal Barollier, +33-(0)4-37-37-50-38,
pascal.barollier@sanofipasteur.com, or US Media, Len Lavenda, +1-
570-839-4446, len.lavenda@sanofipasteur.com, both of sanofi pasteur
SWIFTWATER, Pa. and LYON, France, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group,
announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) has accepted H5N1 bulk vaccine antigen to produce
approximately 38.5 million doses of vaccine to protect against a new
strain of avian influenza. Sanofi Pasteur has a multi- year contract
with HHS as part of its pandemic program, and will receive a payment
of $192.5 million ...