France picks Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim for bird flu vaccines

Ducks are seen in a field in Bourriot Bergonce, southwestern France. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
Ducks are seen in a field in Bourriot Bergonce, southwestern France. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

France has chosen German company Boehringer Ingelheim to supply the 80 million doses of vaccines against bird flu for its vaccination campaign to start on the autumn, an agriculture ministry spokesperson said

     by Sybille de La Hamaide – Reuters

Boehringer Ingelheim declined to comment.

The government launched a tender in April to vaccinate ducks against avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, that has ravaged flocks around the world, leading to the culling of hundreds of million birds.

 
 
 “The vaccination campaign is due to start on October, making France the first country in the European Union to vaccinate poultry against the deadly virus”
 

The vaccination campaign is due to start on October, making France the first country in the European Union to vaccinate poultry against the deadly virus.

French firm Ceva Animal Health and U.S. company Zoetis had also applied in the tender.

Farm ministry officials said last month that tests carried out in France on Ceva and Boehringer Ingelheim’s vaccines showed favourable results.

 
 
 
 
 

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