You gotta get a bit twitchy when the FEDS start giving out pandemic flu vaccine contracts.
Canada’s main pandemic flu vaccine contract is a $425.9-million deal for 10 years with GlaxoSmithKline Inc., the federal government announced Friday.
Details of the main contract as well as backup pandemic contracts were announced as Parliament was expected to dissolve.
Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. of Toronto is getting a three-year pact valued at $33.1 million to provide access to vaccine if needed.
“We have worked with our provincial and territorial counterparts to provide governments with a broader range of vaccine products for seasonal flu and to deliver on the commitment to have a long-term pandemic vaccine contract in place before the current contract expires on March 31, 2011,” Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said in a release.
“Our new primary pandemic vaccine supply contract provides timely, cost-effective access to a secure domestic supply of vaccine for Canadians in the event of an influenza pandemic.”
A seasonal immunization contract was also announced.
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