BRUSSELS AUTHORISES SINGLE DOSE SWINE FLU VACCINES
December 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised single dose regimes for the H1N1 vaccines Focetria and Pandemrix for adults aged 18-60 years; children and adolescents aged nine upwards for Focetria; and children and adolescents from 10 upwards plus elderly aged above 60 for Pandemrix. Prior to this declaration, the Commission had authorised two-dose vaccination schedules for Focetria, Pandemrix and Celvapan
ENDS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised single dose regimes for the H1N1 vaccines Focetria and Pandemrix for adults aged 18-60 years; children and adolescents aged nine upwards for Focetria; and children and adolescents from 10 upwards plus elderly aged above 60 for Pandemrix. Prior to this declaration, the Commission had authorised two-dose vaccination schedules for Focetria, Pandemrix and Celvapan
ENDS
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.