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And it would make flu immunization practical for countries that now cannot afford a yearly effort.
Dr. Fauci said the government was spending several hundred million dollars to increase the nation's ability to make flu vaccine.
It typically takes five to six months to make flu vaccine, and that is about how long it took to produce the H1N1 2009 vaccine.
The five companies licensed to make flu shots for the United States originally planned to make only slightly more than the 118 million they made in 2008.
And in a deal expected to be announced this week, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis will work with Dr. Venter to synthesize influenza virus strains as a potentially faster way to make flu vaccines.
He is talking about the things with feathers and the eggs—some 50m of them each year that his firm still uses to make flu vaccines, just as the industry has done for decades.
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That strengthens the case for making flu shots mandatory for all health care workers in coming years.
What makes flu so hard to prevent is that the virus changes its molecular structure from year to year.
The shortage of vaccine was caused when the British government suspended the Chiron's license for making flu vaccine, citing concerns about bacterial contamination.
If there is a silver lining in this crisis, it may be the recognition that our whole approach to making flu vaccines must be modernized.
Meanwhile, we hope that the medical centers around the country that also have made flu shots mandatory for their workers hold the line.
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