Vaccine are entering trials, but, the WHO stated there can be no compromise on safety.
In the meantime, Glaxo is raking in the bucks on Relenza.
GlaxoSmithKline Targets Production Of 190 Million Treatment Of H1N1 Drug By End Of 2009 (click here)
July 23, 2009 12:38 p.m. EST
AHN Staff
London, England (AHN) - Drug multinational firm GlaxoSmithKline will produce by the end of 2009 190 million treatment courses of Relenza, an Influenza A (H1N1) medication. GSK will also develop a new adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine, the company announced Wednesday as it disclosed a 2009 second quarter turnover decline of 2 percent...
UPDATE 1-EU agency begins review of H1N1 flu vaccine data (click here)
Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:00am EDT
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - Europe's drug watchdog has begun reviewing data on pandemic flu vaccines with the goal of getting medicines to protect against the H1N1 virus approved before flu season starts in the Northern Hemisphere, likely in September.
The European Medicines Agency said on Friday it would speed the review of data -- which began in July -- as vaccine manufacturers make them available....
Swine flu: 100,000 infected in a week (click here)
Swine flu infected at least 100,000 Britons last week, officials announced on Thursday.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Published: 7:00AM BST 24 Jul 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, said there were now 840 patients in hospital in England with swine flu, 63 of them in intensive care.
Children are being hit hardest, with relatively few cases amongst the elderly, as it is thought they may have some immunity to the H1N1 virus from previous pandemics.
There are 169 children under the age of five in hospital, with 12 in intensive care.
Officials said 26 people were confirmed to have died after contracting swine flu. Children under 15 accounted for a third of deaths, while around one in seven victims was previously in good health....
It doesn't take much to spread flu. Now, the 'usual' flu season is going to be coming around. I don't know, this is going to be rough. Everyone played 'the Bush Gamble.' Ah, it aint' nothin,' it will be just like the regular flu and go away. Now, there is going to be twice as much danger to everyone.
H1N1 is known to have a higher morbidity component wtih the obese and now we know it causes seizures in children. I am curious where it is settling in children. It must be in the myalin, although I would not anticpate that, but, it has a predisposition to fatty tissue. I am thinking it could be a long term issue for children and wonder if some of those issues might lead to MS as well as permanent seizure disorders.
When are people going to learn to listen when they are told it is a serious problem? Huh? When? When it is too late, evidently.
It is a shame it wasn't contained. It wasn't as if the WHO didn't try. It was that people didn't listen. They listened to morons that didn't want to spend money on containment or slow down commerce or cause people to stay home rather than travel. Amazing. People's lives are put in danger for the sake of commerce. I don't know, maybe the WHO needs to issue quarantine orders.
Swine flu pandemic now 'unstoppable': WHO official (click here)
New study, deaths raise concerns as vaccine race goes on
The swine flu pandemic has grown "unstoppable" and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official said Monday, as 12 new deaths were reported and a study raised fresh concerns.
Britain, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines and Thailand all reported deaths on Monday, while Saudi Arabia shut an international school after 20 students were diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus.
As the death toll increased, the World Health Organization official said a swine flu vaccine should be available as early as September and all countries would need to be able to protect themselves....
