Fort Worth firm testing swine flu vaccine on volunteers

When Angela Witkamp heard that a local research company would soon be testing a swine flu vaccine, she had no reservations about signing up her two young daughters for a clinical trial.
“Any vaccination you get, there are side effects,” Witkamp said. “But the benefits of getting the vaccination definitely outweigh …

Australia orders 10 million H1N1 vaccines

Australia’s government ordered 10 million doses of swine flu vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd (CSL.AX) on Thursday as the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Australia topped 100.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the government would also buy a further 1.6 million courses of antiviral drug Relenza to …