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GSK wins $40m bird flu vaccine contract in US
Marianne Barriaux
Tuesday November 21 2006
The Guardian
GlaxoSmithKline, Britain’s largest drug company, has won a contract worth at
least $40m (£21m) to supply the US with bird flu vaccines. The group said
it had signed the contract with the US department of health and human services
to provide bulk H5N1 antigen – the substance in the vaccines that will help
produce an immune response.
GSK added that it would manufacture and store the antigen using its production
facilities in North America. This follows the group’s recent £70m deal
with the Swiss government to supply the entire population with bird flu
vaccines.
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