  Baxter International Inc.,  (Deerfield, IL, 

), has  entered into an advanced supply agreement with the Department of Health that  contains an option to purchase pandemic influenza vaccine in the event the  World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic.

  Baxter  will manufacture its pandemic vaccine in a serum-free, vero cell-based system,  at one of the largest cell culture vaccine facilities in the world. Vaccines  produced using this process can be released within approximately 12 weeks,  significantly earlier than with traditional egg-based systems. All influenza  strains with pandemic potential tested for growth in vero cells have produced  replicable high yields, providing the company with the ability to respond to  emerging variant pandemic virus strains.

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Baxter International Inc., (Deerfield, IL, www.baxter.com), has entered into an advanced supply agreement with the Department of Health that contains an option to purchase pandemic influenza vaccine in the event the World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic.