“we’ve proven the principle,” If the H5N1 vaccine proves...

“we’ve proven the principle,” If the H5N1 vaccine proves effective it will be cheap to deliver since it can be administered in drinking water, some-thing Prideaux describes as a first for a flu vaccine. Initial trials on 45 birds willtake a few months, and may lead to the availability of a product next year. “We’ve proven the principle,”Prideaux said. Should there be another outbreak we will be able to fast-tracka vaccine against the strain using the same method. We could also produce vaccines against a whole range ofstrains that already exist.”