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JCVI recommends FLUAD for over 65s during 2018-19 flu season

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that healthcare professionals in England should consider using FLUAD for the 2018-19 flu season.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that healthcare professionals in England should consider using FLUAD for the 2018-19 flu season. This is because it is both more effective in preventing influenza, and more cost-effective in the 65 years and over age group, when compared to conventional non-adjuvanted vaccines. FLUAD is an enhanced vaccine that has been shown in multiple studies to provide better protection against influenza for older people than conventional non-adjuvanted vaccines. This advantage was recognised by the JCVI at its meeting in June 2017. This decision comes after Public Health England declared that conventional

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