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BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Kerry Capell	High-Velocity Vaccines PowderMed says its DNA technology would let it react quickly to a flu pandemic. A DNA flu vaccine would have huge advantages over traditional ones. But first, the company must prove in upcoming large-scale clinical trials that its vaccine can protect people from flu generally.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 John Carey	A Booster Shot For Vaccines New technology could speed the development of vaccines and keep the medicine chest stocked.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Anthony Tao	The Avian Few: Is it Too Late for Pharma to Re-enter the Vaccine Fray? Small profit margins and high litigation risks drove most companies out of the vaccine business decades ago. As a possible pandemic looms, pharma re-enters the fray. Is it too late?
Chemistry World February 2006	Editorial: Fighting Avian Flu Participants at a world avian flu conference in Beijing committed to increasing cooperation on global vaccine and anti-viral research and development.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2011 Brian Orelli	Uncle Sam Gives Novavax a Big Hand Up Cash is everything for a development-stage drugmaker.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rich Duprey	Will Flu Vaccine Catch Cold? The CDC says we may have as many as 97 million doses this year, but that's a best-case scenario. This year again, it's Chiron causing the uncertainty.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Catherine Arnst	What You Need To Know About Avian Flu The current avian flu outbreak in Asia is the fifth since 1997 to infect humans. This has raised a red flag for infectious disease experts, who fear the strain could mutate and spark a devastating flu pandemic.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Rich Duprey	Chiron Crisis Creates Investor Opportunity As flu vaccine maker flames out, other companies may step in to fill the void.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Frank Vinluan	N.C. Novartis Site Is First Cell-Based Flu Vaccine Facility in the Country A Novartis' vaccine facility in North Carolina today became the first facility authorized by the FDA for emergency use during a pandemic.
Popular Mechanics September 2006 Ben Harder	Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Be Careful What You Wish For Do you have the stomach to profit from swine flu?
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Brian Orelli	Contracts That Are for the Birds Baxter and GlaxoSmithKline get bird flu vaccine contracts from the U.K. These contracts aren't reasons by themselves to run out and buy the companies' stock, but expanding income sources are almost always a good sign.
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Catherine Arnst	Roll Up Your Sleeve, Gramps A graying population may create a huge market for vaccines that buttress aging immune systems.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Capitalist Pig's View of Swine Flu So you want to make money from the swine flu? Here's how to do so.
Health October 2007 Sarah Clachar	Read this BEFORE you get a flu shot The flu vaccine may not be as good -- or as safe -- as you think.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Bird Flu Contract As Asian bird flu becomes the crisis du jour, this flu vaccine biotech is awarded a hefty contract.
Wired September 2002 Amanda Griscom	Take These Genes and Call Me in the Morning Gene vaccines may be relatively new, but they're the logical outgrowth of two familiar strands of medical science.
American Family Physician January 15, 2004	Influenza Vaccine What is influenza?... Who is at higher risk?... What is the flu vaccine?... Is the vaccine safe?... etc.
Chemistry World September 26, 2007 Victoria Gill	HIV Vaccines 'Will Not Work' Just days after US drug firm Merck revealed its leading HIV vaccine candidate had flopped in clinical trials, a leading immunologist has predicted that many other vaccines in the pipeline will also fail because their design is similarly flawed.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Hopeful Flu Production Technology From Baxter While the clinical trial demonstrating strong immunogenicity for the new vaccine is certainly good news, the continued development of the production technology is probably the more important item for investors.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	Swine Flu Just Isn't Bringing Home the Bacon Looks like that one-time boost from sales of swine flu vaccine may not add much to the bottom lines of vaccine makers like GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, sanofi-aventis, and Novartis.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Brian Lawler	Happy (Sniffle) Holidays (Cough) It's flu season again, and the market for influenza vaccines is hot. Pharma investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Brian Orelli	The End of a Swine Flu Era A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended yesterday that next year's seasonal flu vaccine contain the vaccine for the H1N1 virus, aka the swine flu.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Sickly Forecast The flu vaccine maker further reduces its estimated dose production. With its earnings release due next week, perhaps Chiron was simply preparing investors for a jolt.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Catherine Arnst	A Hot Zone In The Heartland Little could be done to contain a deadly avian flu outbreak. Right now, the U.S. has no national pandemic preparedness plan, either for treating large numbers of patients or for dealing with the resulting economic and social disruptions.
Chemistry World January 22, 2013 Andrew Turley	Flu vaccine without the eggs approved Flublok from US biotech Protein Sciences has become the first flu vaccine made using an insect virus to win marketing approval in the US.
Managed Care February 2005 Jack McCain	Managed Care (and Everyone Else) Unprepared for the Next Killer Flu Could avian flu give rise to a pandemic that might rival the fearsome Spanish flu? Is the nation ready? Health plans may be called upon to administer vaccinations and identify high-risk patients, but what about he millions of Americans who lack health insurance?
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Brian Orelli	Get Your Uncle to Pay for Your Capital Improvements MedImmune and Sanofi-Aventis recently announced that they had convinced the U.S. government to pick up a majority of the tabs to renovate their plants. There aren't too many industries where you can invest in companies that get free money from the government.
Chemistry World February 7, 2006 Jon Evans	Plant-Derived Drug Approved in US Dow AgroSciences has become the first biotech firm to gain US regulatory approval for a plant-derived drug. The company claims it will be able to manufacture many other vaccines, for animal and human diseases, using its plant-based production technology.
Chemistry World July 24, 2009 Matt Wilkinson	Pharma's shot in the arm? As swine flu cases continue to erupt around the globe, the latest financial results from pharmaceutical companies Roche and GlaxoSmithKline reveal that sales of their antiviral drugs have soared.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Brian Gorman	Chasing Down Bird Flu Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are emerging as the likely winners in the race to produce a bird flu vaccine.
American Family Physician October 1, 2004	Flu Vaccinations A general overview on what flu vaccines are and how they can help.
Bio-IT World June 15, 2003 Malorye Branca	A View to a Kill Genomics, bioinformatics, and novel laboratory techniques are converging to boost vaccine research against a new wave of emerging diseases, natural and man-made. Now, will in silico modeling ramp up sufficiently to further speed vaccine discovery?
The Motley Fool May 27, 2005 Rich Duprey	Glaxo's Flu Vaccine Booster The drug giant's return could give the U.S. flu vaccine market a shot in the arm.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Forget Swine Flu: The Big Money Is Here Vaccines are pharma's, and possibly investors', best friend.
Scientific American November 2005	Preparing for the Worst Flu season comes every year as reliably as hurricane season. If America shores up our defenses against both, we will be in a much stronger position when the "big ones" hit.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Weintraub et al.	Swine Flu: The Pandemic That Wasn't Swine flu is waning, but the lessons of H1N1 could come in handy during a more serious epidemic.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Rich Duprey	Avian Flu Ruffling Feathers Roche Pharmaceuticals boosts anti-flu drug production to quiet calls for generics. While the situation bears watching for now, it's not necessarily something for investors to get their feathers ruffled about.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2005 Rich Duprey	Chiron Ready to Fly Flu vaccine maker readies first shipments as flu season begins and avian flu fears rise.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Vical Gets a Helping Hand Japan's AnGes MG's Allovectin-7 vaccine is now a risk-free lottery ticket for Vical. If phase 3 trials show adequate efficacy, there's upside. If the trials fail, Vical really doesn't lose much of anything. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	Chiron's Flu Aches May Last Awhile Its vaccine rivals are gaining traction -- and its other businesses are just so-so
The Motley Fool October 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Flu Shots for the Elite The flu shot shortage offers some food for thought for investors. Here are some statistics showing the establishment has some problems with the priorities when it comes to the flu.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Brian Gorman	Flu Vaccines' Unhealthy Competition The vaccine business is notoriously tricky. Given the nature of the business, respectable returns are predicated on high volumes. New competitors in the flu-fighting niche could make all companies worse off.
Popular Mechanics July 31, 2007 John Galvin	Spanish Flu Pandemic: 1918 The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people around the world -- 34 million more than died from the First World War in progress alongside it.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Biotech's Apple Dumpling Gang Chiron has made a number of financial and planning mistakes in the production of its flu vaccine.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Kerry Capell	Vaccinating The World's Poor GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals is betting it can combat Third World scourges -- and still make money.
Popular Mechanics March 2006 Jeff Wise	Fighting Fire With Fire By recreating an extinct virus that killed as many as 50 million people, scientists race to defeat avian flu before it evolves into a deadlier form.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Brian Orelli	Cold HIV Vaccine Gets Frozen Phase 2 clinical trials of Merck's HIV vaccine were frozen, leaving the door open for other drugmakers that have vaccines of their own in early trials. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Booster Shot Novartis raises its bid for the biotech a second time, appeasing dissident shareholders.