Article: U.S. Government Accepts $192 Million of sanofi pasteur H5N1 Bulk Vaccine Antigen for Pandemic Stockpile

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 ...

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