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- Misery makers (BBC News)
Dec 23, 2008 - Colds and flu viruses remain mysterious - Colds and flu remain mysterious (BBC News)
Dec 23, 2008 - The mysteries of the viruses which cause colds and flu pose a big challenge to scientists. - BioCryst names Stanley Erck to board (BizJournals)
Dec 23, 2008 - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. has added a former biotech CEO with experience of getting drugs through the regulatory approval process to its Board of Directors. - Terrorism drill to be part of passing torch (USA Today)
Dec 22, 2008 - Concerned about the first handoff of presidential power since Sept. 11, 2001, the White House is planning to test the readiness of the Obama administration next month in a series of tabletop exercises involving top Bush and Obama officials. - EU panel supports innovative pandemic, seasonal flu vaccines (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Dec 22, 2008 - Dec 22, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – An H5N1 influenza vaccine made by Baxter International could become the first cell culture–based H5N1 influenza vaccine to be approved for marketing, following its endorsement by a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) last week. - Struggle over bird flu samples drags on (New Scientist)
Dec 22, 2008 - Indonesia hold firm on its refusal to share its H5N1 virus samples until there are guarantees over a share of the potential benefits - Bird flu vaccine protects children (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dec 22, 2008 - A vaccine to protect against infection with the bird flu virus, the pathogen experts fear is capable of causing pandemic disease in humans, proved safe and effective in a preliminary clinical trial with children, mirroring the results of a recent trial conducted in adults, Hungarian researchers report in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. - Baxter wins European positive opinion for pandemic flu vaccine (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Dec 22, 2008 - Baxter International, a diversified healthcare company, has announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has issued a positive opinion for the marketing authorization of Celvapan, the first cell culture-based H5N1 pandemic vaccine, in the EU. - Hospitals under stress (Daily Breeze)
Dec 21, 2008 - The front entrance to the region's busiest emergency room is guarded by metal detectors, and the line to get in sometimes stretches into the parking lot. It's not a Friday night, or even the peak of flu season. It's a normal weekday afternoon at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance, a facility that treats some of the county's poorest and sickest patients. » Map of South Bay ... - Struggle over bird flu samples drags on (New Scientist)
Dec 20, 2008 - Indonesia hold firm on its refusal to share its H5N1 virus samples until there are guarantees over a share of the potential benefits