Facility’s ability to produce cell-based pandemic flu vaccine marks historic change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. The first U.S. facility to use a faster and more flexible technology to make influenza vaccine was dedicated today, as part of an initiative that could provide vaccine supplies sooner in an influenza pandemic. The plant in Holly Springs, N.C., can create vaccine using cultured animal cells instead of the conventional process of using fertilized eggs. The facility is a…
