1. A new, potentially more effective influenza vaccine could earn tiny MicroGeneSys Inc. millions of dollars in the lucrative vaccine market. 2. Dr. Eleni Galanis from Health Canada in Ottawa reported that epidemiologists traced the adverse reactions to one influenza vaccine that was made and distributed only in Canada. 3. Elderly patients on the hormone showed an improved response to influenza vaccine. 4. Gefter said the cocaine vaccine is similar in overall design to existing polio, tetanus and some influenza vaccines. 5. Health officials worried that something in the influenza vaccine led to apparent hypersensitivity reactions. 6. However, even with these medications, the influenza vaccine is still your first line of defense against the flu. 7. Many hospitals around the country have delayed immunizing their patients and employees with the influenza vaccine this fall because of a nationwide shortage. 8. Parke-Davis is one of four manufacturers of influenza vaccine used in this country. 9. Richard Insel, a pediatric immunologist at the University of Rochester, was one of the founders of the start-up company that developed the influenza vaccine. 10. Shipments of influenza vaccine for the fall will be significantly delayed and there may be shortages because of manufacturing problems, federal officials said Thursday. |