Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

The Island; 27 Sep 2008 - The Third European Influenza Conference organized by the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza took place in Vilamoura Portugal recently.. Top influenza experts, policy makers, opinion leaders, journalists, doctors, professors gathered at this international summit focussing on how to prepare for the constantly changing threat of an influenza pandemic.

Reuters; 19 Sep 2008 - A vaccine produced by Novartis (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) induces a protective antibody level against diverse strains of bird flu in individuals already vaccinated six years earlier, a study presented on Friday showed.

Novartis; 19 Sep 2008 - A new study shows that individuals immunized six years earlier with an MF59 adjuvanted H5N3 (clade 0) vaccine mounted a protective immune response seven days after a single immunization with an H5N1 (clade 1) vaccine containing the Novartis proprietary adjuvant MF59.