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Swissmedic, the authority in Switzerland that gives permission for the use of drugs, today announced that the “swine flu” vaccine Pandemrix will not be allowed to be injected into pregnant women, children or young adults (below 18 years of age) or elderly (above 60 years of age). The very same vaccine is now injected through an unprecedented mass vaccination campaign into hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in Sweden. No restrictions are made in Sweden and the authorities there express surprise about the Swiss decision. “There is no reason to make such a decision here in Sweden”, says Jan liliemark, a professor working for the national Medical Products Agency. The many deaths so far in Sweden from this vaccine are “still under investigation”. Read the full story

The army has ordered a newspaper report that 250,000 soldiers for their own vaccine against swine flu. Other than that contained serum, the civilians should be vaccinated for protection against infectious disease, vaccine-friendly for the soldiers, neither controversial mercury-containing additives or preservatives, says the Bielefeld Westfalen-Blatt, “referring to army circles. Whereas what is involved, the serum Celvapan the pharmaceutical manufacturer Baxter. Read the full story