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France Accelerates Bird Flu Vaccination Plans

May 27, 2023 • 4:39 pm CDT
by Patou Ricard
(Precision Vaccinations News)

After a lull of nearly two months throughout the country, the resurgence of avian influenza (bird flu) in France's South West in May 2023 has triggered an immediate response.

Reuters reported on May 26, 2023, France announced an avian influenza (bird flu) vaccination program would launch in late 2023. 

Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, called on May 22, 2023, for all avenues to be explored to improve the fight against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), foremost among which is vaccination.

On April 6, 2023, France launched a tender for 80 million doses of bird flu vaccines. 

Temporary authorization for use has recently been submitted for vaccines for poultry species currently being assessed by the French Agency for Veterinary Medicinal Products and the European Medicines Agency.

To date, only one vaccine for chickens (Gallus gallus species) has marketing authorization in France (2006).

In the U.S., the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service recently confirmed they are testing several bird flu vaccine candidates. On May 16, 2023, the emergency use of an HPAI vaccine candidate to prevent additional deaths of California Condors. 

Additional avian and human bird flu vaccine development news as of May 27, 2023, is posted by Precision Vaccinations.

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