QUEBEC – The federal government has signed a new agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for flu vaccines.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos today announced the contract in Quebec City, a four-year pact to produce and deliver national pandemic flu vaccines with five options a year ahead.
Canada has had an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for flu vaccines since 2001.
Duclos says the deal includes an option to purchase 80 million doses of flu vaccine if a pandemic occurs and a minimum of four million doses a year to use in publicly funded vaccination programs.
Historically, influenza pandemics have occurred every 11 to 40 years, the most recent being the H1N1 pandemic in 2009.
The first deliveries of the flu vaccine for 2022 are scheduled for September and October.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on July 15, 2022.
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