GSK takes orders for 440 million doses of H1N1 vaccine
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
GlaxoSmithKline has disclosed that it has so far received worldwide orders for 440 million doses of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine, an increase of 149 million doses on figures it released in August. However, other key manufacturers of pandemic H1N1 vaccines have not released aggregate figures to date.
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