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First combination COVID-19 and influenza self-tests approved for Australia
7 September 2022 - The TGA has approved the first two nasal combination self-tests (for use at home) that detect ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2022
PHARMAC widens flu vaccine access to increase uptake
27 June 2022 - PHARMAC today announced that it is permanently widening access to the annual funded flu vaccine to people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2022
FDA authorises first COVID-19 test available without a prescription that also detects influenza and RSV
16 May 2022 - The EUA authorises at home sample collection with testing performed in a laboratory. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2022
Concerns two different flu vaccines create two tier system for 65 and overs
8 April 2022 - PHARMAC is being accused of kicking an own goal on flu jabs, after those aged 65 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2022
Seqirus receives Health Canada approval for expanded age indication of its cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine for people as young as six months
28 March 2022 - Seqirus announced today that it has received Health Canada approval of Flucelvax Quad (influenza vaccine), its cell-based ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2022
2022 seasonal influenza vaccines
25 March 2022 - The Australian Influenza Vaccine Committee has reviewed data related to epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of recent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2022
ProCare supports PHARMAC’s proposal to widen access to the flu vaccine
18 March 2022 - Leading health care provider ProCare has today made a submission in support of PHARMAC’s proposal to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2022
PHARMAC proposes widened access to the flu vaccine for Māori and Pacific peoples for 2022 season
8 March 2022 - PHARMAC is consulting on a proposal to widen access to the funded influenza vaccine to include Māori ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2022
Flu vaccine price increase
1 March 2022 - PHARMAC has confirmed that the purchase price of the annual influenza vaccine will increase by $2 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2021
Update of EU recommendations for 2021–2022 seasonal flu vaccine composition
28 June 2021 - EMA has issued an update of the EU recommendations for the influenza virus strains that vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2021
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 ...