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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 06 > Producing swine flu vaccine

Producing swine flu vaccine

Manufacturers of inoculations against the H1N1 virus have run into problems with the time-honored egg method, leading some to wonder if there is a better way

By Ridgely Ochs / The Bulletin
November 6, 2009

VALHALLA, N.Y. — Most of the world’s H1N1 vaccine started in 30 chicken eggs kept here in a warren of cluttered labs at New York Medical College.

Working seven days a week, microbiologist Doris Bucher and her eight assistants made “seeds” that manufacturers around the globe are using to grow the....

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