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Flu vaccine war: chemists accused of delivering weaker jab
27 April 2021 - A war has broken out between chemists and doctors, who say elderly Australians are being given an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2021
Seqirus ready to reinforce Canada's influenza pandemic preparedness plans
23 March 2021 - Health Canada's approval of Foclivia (an adjuvanted, egg-based A strain H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine) meets key requirement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2021
Super flu vaccine gets the go-ahead
24 March 2021 - A new type of cell-based influenza vaccine is available this winter that promises to be significantly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2021
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
TGA approves yet another flu vaccine
9 September 2020 - As its brand name suggests, Flucelvax Quad is a new quadrivalent influenza vaccine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2020
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) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Mar 2020
2020 seasonal influenza vaccines
13 March 2020 - The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee has reviewed data related to epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of ...