British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will next week begin shipping its swine flu vaccine Pandemrix across Europe, the group announced today following approval by regulators.

"Following the (European) Commission's approval we expect to commence shipments of Pandemrix to European governments from next week," said Jean Stephenne, President of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, in a company statement.

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"GSK confirmed today that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of GSK's pandemic (H1N1) adjuvanted vaccine Pandemrix for protection against pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza," the group added today.

The decision on the two vaccines was pushed through last week by the European Medicines Agency amid deep concern about the new winter influenza season and an upturn in British cases of swine flu.

Health experts have meanwhile warned of a second wave of flu in the coming months as the northern hemisphere winter approaches.

The commission had announced yesterday that the vaccines will be authorised for use in all 27 EU member nations as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The authorisation was expected to take effect by October 1.

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