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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:27 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by Globe and Mail


Canada's flu vaccine leftovers being sent overseas

A picture of a syringue and two flasks of Pandemrix A (H1N1) vaccine from Glaxo Smith Kline. AFP/

Manufacturer exporting excess antigen, the vaccine's key component, because it's producing more of it than it can actively put into vials

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