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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.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 John Carey	New Vaccines For A Pandemic Using DNA, vast amounts of flu vaccine could be made quickly. But will the drugs work?
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.
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 January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Be Careful What You Wish For Do you have the stomach to profit from swine flu?
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Avian Influenza 101 Here is everything you need to now about avian influenza so that you can better protect yourself.
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.
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.
American Family Physician September 1, 2006 Gregory Juckett	Avian Influenza: Preparing for a Pandemic Preparing for a new influenza pandemic involves increasing global influenza surveillance and developing practical strategies for containing outbreaks at the source.
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.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2006 David Compton	Glaxo's New Flu-Fighting Ammo The FDA certifies the drugmaker's Relenza for defense as well as offense. For investors seeking to give their portfolios a shot in the arm, now might be the time to take a closer look at Glaxo.
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.
Searcher June 2006 Eva C. Perkins	Is the Price of Cheap Chicken Bird Flu? Information professionals are faced with a situation in which our skills are called upon to soothe the public with reassuring data about the avian flu.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2011 Brian Orelli	Uncle Sam Gives Novavax a Big Hand Up Cash is everything for a development-stage drugmaker.
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.
American Journal of Nursing July 2007 Victoria J. Davey	Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Swine Flu Update With the fall flu season rapidly approaching, a swine flu update is warranted.
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.
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 October 6, 2004 Rich Duprey	Chiron Sneezes, Investors Catch Cold British authorities shut down the pharmaceutical's only U.S. flu vaccine manufacturing facility. This may in fact be an opportunity to scoop up a beleaguered stock at fire sale prices.
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.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Brian Orelli	Here Come the Swine Flu Vaccines Drugmakers moved one step closer to getting swine flu vaccines into your arm with approvals by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Brian Orelli	How to Make a Stockpile in Your Portfolio The swine flu has turned out to be a relative dud, hasn't it? It hasn't done much but create a buying opportunity for those who didn't panic. Where should you look to profit from it now?
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Why Biocryst Has Wings Shares of the pharmaceutical are on fire, soaring from $4.39 a share in early April to $15 on Oct. 19.
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.
Chemistry World May 14, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Bird Flu's Drug Resistance Mapped UK scientists have shown exactly why a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 becomes resistant to the drug oseltamivir - marketed as Tamiflu.
Wired January 2003 Richard Martin	Testing the First AIDS Vaccine Medical establishment, government, and Genentech be damned -- Don Francis has never stopped believing. Now he's about to finish testing the first human AIDS vaccine.
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 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.
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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.
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.
Chemistry World October 23, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US agency fast-tracks Ebola vaccine development The US Department of Health and Human Services is fast-tracking tests on an Ebola vaccine by providing $5.8 million under a one-year contract with the Maryland-based biotech company Profectus BioSciences
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.
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?