Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (553518)	3/6/2010 7:13:01 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575795

Dutch government wants to sell flu vaccines back AMSTERDAM Sat Mar 6, 2010 2:03pm EST A nurse prepares a H1N1 flu vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest in this November 20, 2009 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Karoly Arvai AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Health \| Swine Flu A spokeswoman for the ministry said it had approached manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis about buying back the doses. She added that it was not clear what their total value was. She also declined comment on the status of the talks, saying the ministry would inform parliament of the details at a later date. At the height of the H1N1 scare, the ministry ordered 34 million doses of pandemic flu vaccine -- enough to give two shots to every person in The Netherlands. Of the original order, about 11 million doses were administered and another 2.2 million are being kept in reserve for emergencies. (Reporting by Ben Berkowitz) reuters.com