Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Novartis starts testing swine flu vaccine (AP)

Muslim pilgrims attend sunset prayers at the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Medina. Iran imposed a ban on Wednesday on all pilgrimages to the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia during the fasting month of Ramadan in a bid to control swine flu, health authorities said.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AP - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. The vaccine is being tested in a yearlong trial of 6,000 people of all ages in Britain, Germany and the United States, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff told The Associated Press, adding that the vaccine will likely be on the market before the trial finishes.


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