FDA approves GSK's bird flu vaccine for national stockpile

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FDA approves GSK's bird flu vaccine for national stockpile

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-approves-gsks-bird-flu-vaccine-national-stockpile-151522672--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qYhevXn6lxhWCQL1A2rhSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-22T214802Z_1_CBRE9AL1OK500_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" align="left" title="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" border="0" /></a>The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc for use in the event of an H5N1 bird flu epidemic. The vaccine will be added to the national stockpile and will not be available for commercial use, the FDA said. The vaccine does not have a trade name in the United States. It is the first H5N1 vaccine approved in the United States to contain an adjuvant, or booster, that turbo-charges the body's immune response to the vaccine.</p><br clear="all"/>

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