Influenza or the COVID vaccines Pfizer or AstraZeneca — which jab should Australians get first?

16 February 2021 - Australians are being advised to wait two weeks between getting the flu jab and COVID-19 vaccine ...

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CHMP recommends approval of Supemtek (quadrivalent recombinant influenza vaccine) for the prevention of influenza in adults aged 18 years and older

22 September 2020 - Positive opinion based on clinical data demonstrating safety and efficacy of Supemtek for adults aged 18 and ...

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TGA approves yet another flu vaccine

9 September 2020 - As its brand name suggests, Flucelvax Quad is a new quadrivalent influenza vaccine. ...

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First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine by Seqirus receives EU approval

8 June 2020 - The European Commission has today given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become ...

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Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians

27 May 2020 - An additional two million flu vaccines will available from this week bringing the total number available in ...

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Influenza vaccines released for 2020 season

8 May 2020 - Six influenza vaccines are available in Australia in 2020. All of these vaccines are quadrivalent, which ...

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Influenza vaccinations for 2020

29 April 2020 - There will be 1.768 million doses of influenza vaccine available this flu season, a 30% (400,000 doses) ...

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Record 16.5 million flu vaccines to protect Australians

19 April 2020 - The Australian Government has secured three million additional doses of seasonal influenza vaccines to protect Australians from ...

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CSL boosting flu vaccine supply in coronavirus crisis

8 April 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company, CSL, is stepping up supplies of the latest flu vaccine after Health ...

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Flu vaccination more important than ever during the month of April

1 April 2020 - With the 2020 flu season not far away, all Australians — and especially those in vulnerable groups ...

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People over 65 to be given new flu shot for free

1 April 2020 - Amid the COVID-19 chaos, everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine early this year.  ...

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2020 seasonal influenza vaccines

13 March 2020 - The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee has reviewed data related to epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of ...

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Seqirus announces U.S. FDA approval of its first-ever adjuvanted, cell-based pandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccine

3 February 2020 - Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention and pandemic response, today announced that the U.S. FDA ...

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Novavax granted fast track designation for NanoFlu in older adults

15 January 2020 - Novavax today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for NanoFlu, its recombinant quadrivalent ...

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Trump to order drive for improved flu vaccine

16 July 2019 - President Donald Trump is readying an executive order that would direct HHS to overhaul the development ...

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