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Nature Medicine 15, 986 - 987 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nm0909-986

Swine flu agitates the adjuvant debate

Charlotte Schubert1

  1. Washington DC

US regulatory agencies will face a big decision, as early as this fall, as to whether to approve the use of adjuvants for pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine on an emergency basis.Adjuvants used in some seasonal flu vaccines in Europe have the potential to boost the effectiveness of pandemic H1N1 vaccine and also substantially reduce dosage—thereby stretching supplies.