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A/H1N1 flu spreads in Switzerland, vaccine available

Sean Ecker — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:48:19 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland confirmed 2,423 new cases of swine flu in the week ending 21 November, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) announced Friday 27 November, bringing the total to 6,691 since the outbreak began. The pandemic has already claimed four deaths in Switzerland, all from high risk patients. FOPH estimates that [...]

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Switzerland buys 13 million doses of A/H1N1 vaccine

Sean Ecker — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:23:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 19.09 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland joins other major industrialized nations in reserving 10 percent of the vaccines for donation to poorer countries, under the auspices of the World Health Organization, an initiative proposed by US President Barack Obama, the Swiss government announced. The Swiss government has bought 13 million doses of swine flu [...]

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Clinical trials of A/H1N1 flu vaccine on humans in Australia and US

Sean Ecker — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:03:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Two Australian drugs manufacturers have begun clinical trials of a vaccine for humans against A/H1N1 swine flu. Almost 600 people are taking part in the tests, although the results will not be known for almost six weeks. In the US, the University of Maryland’s Centre for Vaccine Development CVD announced it was to begin clinical [...]

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Novartis profits slip; moves to speed up A/H1N1 vaccines

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:38:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Pharmaceutical giant Novartis saw net sales grow 8 percent in local currencies, but slip 2 percent in US dollars in the first six months of 2009. Exchange rates had significant impact on profits, which fell by 12 percent to CHF4.32 billion, compared to the same period in 2008. Company CEO Daniel [...]

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WHO’s 62nd Geneva World Health Assembly overshadowed by flu

Sean Ecker — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:36:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Health ministers from the 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Geneva for the World Health Assembly which opens 18 May in Geneva with an agenda overshadowed by the A/H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The assembly is to address the pandemic and the thorny issue of sharing [...]

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Swiss Army recruits offered free MMR jabs to fight measles spread

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:37:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - New arrivals at the spring session of the Swiss military recruits’ schools Monday 9 March will be offered free MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations, part of the government’s efforts to fight the rise in measles cases in Switzerland. The shots will be voluntary. The army has purchased 12,000 doses of the [...]

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