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Bird Flu Vaccine Ready to License

August 28, 2008 by MedHeadlines  
Filed under Drugs, Infectious Disease, Vaccinations

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The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, strain of bird flu discovered in 2005.  This particular strain of bird flu has made 385 people sick and killed 243 of them since 2003, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more

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