Indiadaily.com - Hungary unveils human vaccine against Avian Flu: "Hungary unveils human vaccine against Avian Flu
Purna Sen
Oct. 21, 2005
It may be an early breakthrough again coming bird flu catastrophe.
Hungary's vaccine against the H5N1 strain of avian flu is effective for humans, Hungarian Health Commissioner Mihaly Kokeny said Oct. 21. Hungary initially will manufacture 3.5 million doses of the vaccine to supply the Hungarian population, later producing more for export. Hungarian Health Minister Jeno Racz said the vaccine can be altered within eight weeks if the virus were to mutate, and the rights to the vaccine are shared by the Hungarian government and vaccine company Omnivest Kft. Omnivest can currently produce up to 500,000 doses a week."
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