First Vaccine Against Avian Flu Is Approved as Interim Measure

04/18/2007

By ANDREW POLLACK
NY Times
Published: April 18, 2007


The first vaccine against avian flu won government approval yesterday, even as federal officials conceded its usefulness in a flu pandemic might be limited.

The vaccine, made by Sanofi Pasteur, is directed against the H5N1 strain of influenza virus, which some public health experts say could possibly spark a deadly epidemic of flu in humans.

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