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Status of Influenza Virus Vaccine for the 2017 Season Nation Lot Release |
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National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) provides current status of Influenza virus vaccine (flu vaccines) for the 2017 season National Lot Release. |
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* The national lot release system has been implemented to further confirm the quality of each lot of product before it is marketed. |
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Sharing the currents of flu vaccines is for helping health professionals and consumers to make an accurate estimate of the supply of vaccine to resolve their concern about the shortage. |
Until now (11, August), flu vaccines, which can inoculate up to 20 million children, are registered at the national lot release system from 9 companies including Greencross, Sanofie Pasteur, and etc. |
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In the case of the domestic manufactured flu vaccine, nine million doses of trivalent flu vaccines and seven million doses of quadrivalent flu vaccine were applied. |
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On the other hand, for the imported flu vaccine, ten million doses of trivalent flu vaccines and thirty million doses of quadrivalent flu vaccines were applied. |
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Each year, the flu vaccine requirement amounts to seventeen million to eighteen million people. |
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The trivalent flu vaccines includes three inactivated influenza viruses, two different influenza type A strains and one influenza type B strain. |
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The quadrivalent flu vaccines is designed to protect four different influenza viruses; two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses. |
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NIFDS also announced that has committed to ensure the supply of quality vaccine smoothly. |
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Company Name |
Product Name |
Domestic
Manufactures |
Greencross |
GC FLU pre-filled syringe inj. |
GC Flu Quadrivalent PFS Injection |
Dong-A ST |
Vaxiflu injection solution pre-filled syringe |
Boryung Biopharma |
Boryung flu vaccine V inj. (pre-filled syringe) |
Boryung flu V quadrivalent vaccine inj. (pre-filled syringe) |
Boryung flu vaccine VIII-TF inj.(pre-filled syringe) |
Boryung flu VIII tetra vaccine inj.(pre-filled syringe) |
SK Chemicals |
SKY Cell flu pre-filled syringe |
SKY Cell flu quadrivalent pre-filled syringe |
LG Chemicals |
Fluplus Tf Inj. |
Il yang pharm. |
Ilyang Flu vaccine pre-filled Inj. |
Ilyang Flu vaccine Inj |
Teratect pre-filled syringe Inj. |
Koreavaccine |
Kovax - Flu PF Inj. (pre-filled syringe) |
Kovax – Flu quadrivalent PF Inj.(pre-filled syringe) |
Kovax-influ PF Inj. (pre-filled syringe) |
Kovax-influ quadrivalent PF Inj. (pre-filled syringe) |
Importers |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Fluarix quadrivalent pre-filled syringe |
Sanofi Pasteur |
Vaxigrip Inj. |
Vaxigrip Quadrivalent Inj. |
Boryung Biopharma |
Agrippal S1 pre-filled syringe |
Fluad Inj. |
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