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Published 11/07/2009 by Trade Arabia

Glaxo sole supplier of flu vaccine to Saudi

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is currently Saudi Arabia's sole supplier of an H1N1 flu vaccine but the kingdom may include other firms for the supply of a nationwide inoculation campaign, the health ministry said.

Saudi Arabia's vaccination campaign was launched on Saturday and will first...

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"We will in the future get vaccines from other clients, from other companies, as soon as they get approved by the SFDA (Saudi Food and Drug Authority)" he said

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