2023-07-13 06:00:00
The German Boehringer Ingelheim won once morest the French Ceva animal health and the American Zoetis. The company has been selected to supply France with 80 million doses of avian flu vaccine for the vaccination campaign due to start in October, a spokeswoman for the ministry told Archyde.com on Wednesday (July 12th). ‘Agriculture. A tender was launched in April to vaccinate ducks once morest bird flu, which has ravaged farms around the world and led to the slaughter of hundreds of millions of birds. The vaccination campaign planned in France will make France the first country in the European Union to vaccinate poultry once morest this deadly virus.
Positive results for Ceva and Boehringer Ingelheim vaccines
Ceva animal health and Zoetis were also candidates during the call for tenders. Zoetis’ vaccine, intended for the “Peking duck”, however, did not make it possible to vaccinate the types of ducks initially identified by France (“mulard duck” and “Muscole duck”), indicated the ministry for Agriculture. According to the ministry, tests conducted in France on vaccines from Ceva and Boehringer Ingelheim both showed positive results. The ministry did not specify the amount in value of the order but stressed that Boehringer Ingelheim’s offer was better than Ceva’s in terms of financial criteria, its ability to supply doses and storage conditions. Asked, Boehringer Ingelheim and Ceva declined to comment.
A new tender
The French poultry sector demanded two different vaccines to avoid supply problems. He also wanted a vaccine in which one of the two doses would be injected into hatcheries, as is the case with the Ceva vaccine, which would facilitate the task of breeders, according to a letter sent by several industrial groups to the Ministry of Health. ‘Agriculture and consulted by Archyde.com. “If the decision to vaccinate all year round is taken, it will be necessary to launch a new call for tenders for an additional order of vaccines with a new call for competition”, however indicates the spokesperson for the ministry. All is therefore not lost for the French veterinary laboratory.
With Archyde.com (Reportage Sybille de La Hamaide; French version Claude Chendjou, edited by Kate Entringer)
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