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May 26, 2012
Swine flu bill tops 900 million kronor
Published: 5 May 10 15:10 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26474/20100505/
The swine flu vaccine is set to cost the Swedish tax payer 900 million kronor ($121 million), according to new figures released by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Since the launch of the mass vaccination programme last autumn six million doses have been used, with the remaining seven million doses held in central reserve in the instance of a new outbreak.
"It is a good guarantee for the future and a good base," said Anders Tegnell at the board.
According to the agreement with GSK the firm has committed itself to upgrading the existing vaccine stocks if the virus changes or if another strain of influenza develops into a pandemic.
Furthermore the portion of the vaccine that helps to strengthen the immune system will be replaced at no cost if it is shown that it expires within three years.
The pandemic petered out in December after a peak in the late autumn but despite the anti-climax, Tegnell defended the decision to offer the vaccine to everyone.
"We have learnt just how unpredictable pandemics can be," he said.
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I also don't know anyone who bothered with the vaccine. There are huge stockpiles of the stuff just sitting around unused.
Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe:
"The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare. This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease."