Press Release: WHO declares influenza pandemic – European Medicines Agency initiates crisis management plan

The World Health Organization (WHO), on 11 June 2009, raised its pandemic alert level for the A/H1N1 influenza virus to phase 6. The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has a pandemic influenza crisis management plan in place, and has been working towards the implementation of this plan since the outbreak of the virus in April 2009.

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EMEA: EMEA pandemic influenza crisis management plan for the evaluation and maintenance of pandemic influenza vaccines and antivirals, August 2006 http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human/vwp/21430106en.pdf

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