Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
9/4/2010
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The vaccine against swine flu begins to get to private clinics next week, according to the laboratory Solvay Pharma, maker belonging to Abbott and the only one who has already won approval from Anvisa (National Agency for Sanitary Vigilance) to deliver its vaccine on private network.
The average price will be R$ 80, heard by the second clinical Sheet already schedule to start the applications next week. Such is the case Vaccin, the Clinic Faster and Pro Vaccine, all of St. Paul. There is no exact day to start.
The vaccine is different from that used by the Ministry of Health in the national campaign. The dose adopted by the government is the monovalent - only protects against influenza virus. Clinics have already trivalent doses, which also immunize against two strains of seasonal influenza.
This most comprehensive protection is one of the benefits of MMR appointed by Novartis and Sanofi, waiting for authorization from Anvisa also sell their products.
These manufacturers also claim that the WHO (World Health Organization) recommends the vaccine against the three flu.
Available
According to the ministry, the monovalent was available on the market in October, when it began purchasing the doses.
In private clinics, people who are not on the official campaign will seek immunization. Receive doses of the ministry who are pregnant, people between 20 and 39 years, toddlers and the chronically ill, among other risk groups.
The average price of R$ 80 to be paid consists of the maximum value of the product determined by Anvisa (R$ 44,11 or less, depending on the state ICMS) and the services charged by the clinic for application, product preservation, storage etc..
For infectious Unifesp Nancy Bellei, the dose may be important for children over two years and adolescents - not included in the campaign. She said the disease incidence was high in this group in 2009 (16% of cases).
People who usually stay a long time indoors with settlements - in the subway, for example - should also be vaccinated, she said.
Fleury says he does not have provision for making the vaccine available to its customers. Delboni Lavoisier and did not respond to the connection sheet.
Source: Portal of the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo
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