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Brief pharmaceutical news items for October 2009.

On September 25, the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended the authorization of two vaccines for use in Europe against the H1N1 influenza: GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Pandemrix and Novartis's Focetria.

A joint venture between a charity and a pharma giant has led to the creation of the Hilleman Laboratories, which will use a not-for-profit operating model to develop and deliver vaccines to low-income countries.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday four H1N1 flu vaccines that demonstrated in clinical studies that a single dose produced a strong immune response in healthy adults after 8?10 days. But clinical trials of the vaccine are still underway on pregnant women and children, two groups that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says are especially vulnerable to the H1N1 flu.

The FDA has approved four vaccines for the H1N1 influenza virus, while other companies, including UK pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), have reported promising results from clinical studies with a single dose vaccine.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines for the H1N1 influenza virus, while other companies, including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), have reported promising results from clinical studies with a single dose vaccine.