Posts Tagged ‘H1N1’

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In Holly Springs, Novartis leaves chicken out of flu vaccine recipe

Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 8:22 am By Sabine Vollmer

The flu vaccine manufacturing plant that Novartis is about to finish about 20 miles southwest of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park promises better and faster protection for humans without the carnage to chicken offspring.

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UNC infectious disease experts call CDC "ineffectual" in handling the H1N1 pandemic

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 4:43 am By Sabine Vollmer

How well has North Carolina responded to the H1N1 flu pandemic?

Infectious disease experts in the Triangle, home to two university medical centers, and state public health officials said they have struggled dealing with the virus (photo at right).

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, some medical students working with flu patients had a hard time getting the vaccine even though UNC hospitals at the time encouraged staff to get immunized, one of the students said at a gathering of public health experts Thursday at the N.C. Biotechnology Center. Read more…

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RTP Weekahead 11/16

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 5:08 pm By Sabine Vollmer

Events taking place the week of Nov. 16 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:

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RTP Wrapup 9/18

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:13 pm By Sabine Vollmer

Salix Pharmaceuticals watches its stock soar and Pozen takes action to broaden the scope of the company while GlaxoSmithKline waits for regulatory approval of two vaccines.

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