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[Sexpat]

"Local production of the type-A (H1N1) flu vaccine has hit a major snag and could be delayed for two months due to the low vaccine virus yield, the head of the agency supervising the project says. "We may have to go back to square one, and this will jeopardise our efforts to fight the pandemic," said Vichai Chokewiwat, the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation chairman.

The state-run drug firm yesterday released the yield rate of vaccine viruses cultured and grown in hen eggs. The virus yield was lower than targeted and the GPO had consulted the World Health Organisation on the matter, Dr Vichai said.

He said the vaccine production project could go ahead if the GPO reduced the vaccine amount to match the virus yield. However, that would depend on the WHO, which is expected to get back with its recommendation in a few days. "We don't want to start from scratch, but we will have to if the WHO advises us to do so," Dr Vichai said.

The GPO's plan calls for clinical trials for the H1N1 flu vaccine to begin on Sept 4 and the vaccination programme to run from December. But the lower-than-expected virus yield was expected to derail the plan."The virus yield matter is beyond our control," Dr Vichai said.

Experts were looking into the cause of the low virus yield. It could stem from the quality of the imported German hen eggs and the seed virus, the natural characteristics of the new virus strain which is not easily cultured, or the vaccine production technique. Dr Vichai said other countries producing the H1N1 vaccine from the live-attenuated virus also faced the problem of low vaccine virus yield."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2221...n-hits-big-snag

[jim]

The Centers for Disease Control in the US announced yesterday that the hoped-for 120 million plus doses of H1N1 virus that they hoped would be ready by October is not going to happen because of same problem that is reported above - low virus yield. They say that some significantly smaller number will be ready, 45 million by mid-October, with 20 million more each week after that.

So it's not just Thailand that's having production problems.

[UncleSam]

Experts were looking into the cause of the low virus yield. It could stem from the quality of the imported German hen eggs...

What do you expect from farang chickens ?

Meanwhile, the score looks like:

USA- 45 million ....... Thailand- 0

[Khor tose]

What do you expect from farang chickens ?

Meanwhile, the score looks like:

USA- 45 million ....... Thailand- 0

No I know a lot of upper class Thais who will be able to get the vaccine. You might say all of the Thais---who are "important"---will get the vaccine so they will probably end up with a surplus they can sell..
So USA- 45 million.....Thailand-10,000?

[DOLLY]

Does anyone know what the flu vaccine costs in Thailand ? It's been over two months since the last government GPO announcement of the delay said it would be here by now. It seems not to be generally available.

[Bob]

Obama just yesterday invoked some type of emergency executive powers to enhance the ability of the government to move resources around quickly to deal with the swine flu crisis in the US. The flu activity has been getting more significant and, inexplicably, earlier than the normal flu activity peaks.

I tried to get the H1N1 flu shot before I came over here on the 14th but it wasn't available (guess I missed it by about a week). So, I got the regular flu shot anyway and hope I can steer clear of the H1N1 bug.

One of my brothers sent me this by email this morning......


IF YOU LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING......



DON'T GO TO WORK!

[UncleSam]

It's been over two months since the last government GPO announcement of the delay said it would be here by now.

Actually, they had a choice between finishing the vaccine or finishing the widening of Tappraya Road. They're still trying to decide which one to try.

Hehehe.....

[mauRICE]

One of my brothers sent me this by email this morning......
IF YOU LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING......



DON'T GO TO WORK!

Old joke.

http://www.baht-stop.com/forums/index.php?...mp;hl=swine+flu