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Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 504–505 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro1946

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Bird flu vaccine gets EU approval The European Commission has approved the use of Prepandrix, a GlaxoSmithKline pre-pandemic vaccine that is designed for use in the early stages of an H5N1 influenza pandemic, in all 27 European Union (EU) member states. Some non-EU governments, such as the United States and Switzerland, have already approved the use of Prepandrix and have begun stockpiling the vaccine.