US no Squalene - no Adjuvant Canada will use a Squalene Adjuvant
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sheldon101Posted
Mon 19 Oct 2009 12:00am
Linda, the CBC story was confusing. There's no change to Canada's plans.
---UNITED STATES - SEASONAL OR SWINE FLU --
NO SQUALENE NO ADJUVANT NOW - NONE PLANNED
Stop claiming the US vaccine uses an adjuvant . That's a lie.
-- Canada
98% of Canadian vaccine, including what I'll get, will have an adjuvant. The rest is for pregnant
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ASO3 and ASO4 adjuvants--my error
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Meryl NassPosted
Wed 21 Oct 2009 10:06pm
ASO3 is the GlaxoSmithKline adjuvant being used in some swine flu vaccines. It is not being used in the United States. It does contain squalene. It is being used in Canada and Europe. The presence of novel adjuvants in swine flu vaccines has become very controversial in some countries. WHO recommended that countries use the adjuvants to stretch
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ASO3 and ASO4 adjuvants--my error
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Meryl NassPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm
ASO3 is the GlaxoSmithKline adjuvant being used in some swine flu vaccines. It is not being used in the United States. It does contain squalene. It is being used in Canada and Europe. The presence of novel adjuvants in swine flu vaccines has become very controversial in some countries. WHO recommended that countries use the adjuvantsRead on »
WHO recommends that countries "use ones containing adjuvants"/ Associated Press
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Meryl NassPosted
Thu 13 Aug 2009 8:02pm
Per the AP:
"...To increase the global supply of swine flu vaccines, WHO recommends that
countries use ones containing adjuvants, a component that stretches the
vaccine's active ingredient and boosts the body's immune response. Adjuvants are commonly used in flu vaccines in Europe, [only in those over 65, and only in
some countries--Nass
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CDC Director Frieden: No Adjuvant
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Meryl NassPosted
Fri 04 Sep 2009 10:45am
From today's Bloomberg News
Kudos to Dr. Frieden, who said, perhaps in response to front page news that Novartis' (squalene-adjuvanted) swine flu vaccine would require only one dose (after initial testing in 100 subjects):
“We don’t anticipate that we’ll be using adjuvanted vaccine in most of the scenarios that we anticipate now, though
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Adjuvants and Thimerosal (aka Thiomersal)
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Meryl NassPosted
Sun 18 Oct 2009 10:05pmAdjuvants stimulate increased, nonspecific immunity and are included in many "killed" vaccines. Until October 16, all adjuvants in licensed vaccines in the US were aluminum... of thimerosal they previously contained, or one microgram of mercury.
ASO3 is a new, more powerful adjuvant included in Cervarix, an HPV vaccine that received FDA approval on October
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Adjuvant effect on H1N1 vaccine
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Vincent RacanielloPosted
Wed 02 Sep 2009 8:03pm
There has been a great deal of discussion about the use of adjuvants to improve the immunogenicity of vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza strain. What effect do these compounds have on the immune response?
Adjuvants are compounds added to vaccines that stimulate the immune response. They are often used when the antigen is in short
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Adjuvants and Thimerosal (aka Thiomersal)
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Meryl NassPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pmAdjuvants stimulate increased, nonspecific immunity and are included in many "killed" vaccines. Until October 16, all adjuvants in licensed vaccines in the US were aluminum... contains 5 micrograms of thimerosal.
ASO4 is a more powerful adjuvant mixture than the currently used aluminum salts. Here is the package insert. The approval of the first novel
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