GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it intends to donate 50 million doses of H5N1 adjuvanted pre-pandemic influenza vaccine to the WHO. These doses are sufficient to vaccinate 25 million people (2 injections per person), and are to be delivered over a 3-year period. GlaxoSmithKline made this move in response to the WHO's initiative to establish an international stockpile of H5N1 pre-pandemic vaccines.* The company has also confirmed that it intends to make additional doses of its vaccine available to the WHO at preferential prices for GAVI-eligible countries, and is prepared to make its adjuvant available for public purchase by governments.

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* See PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News 528 p10