FluGen, a Madison company based on research by UW-Madison scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka, has produced swine flu vaccine without using eggs, the company announced Thursday.
The company's use of cell lines to grow vaccine against the H1N1 virus is an alternative to the egg-based method used by most manufacturers, which has been blamed in part for the current shortage of vaccine.
FluGen is working to increase the scale of its new method and plans to apply for approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The company "is in the process of developing a highly efficient, production-scale system that will be available in the near future," a news release said.
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