Thailand's GPO Head Says Fixing Low-Yield H1N1 Vaccine Problem
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
The head of Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization said the company now has enough eggs to grow the H1N1 flu virus and make a vaccine against the disease. GPO Chairman Vichai Chokevivat said he expects to produce the amount of vaccine as originally intended. The first batch of eggs produced a low yield of the live attenuate virus the GPO had been relying on, but a new batch obtained from elsewhere is being counted on to produce a normal yield. (Click here for more