Exclusive: France picks Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim for bird flu vaccines

France has chosen German company Boehringer Ingelheim to supply the 80 million doses of bird flu vaccines needed for its vaccination campaign to start in October, an agriculture ministry spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday.

in April to vaccinate ducks against avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, that has ravaged flocks around the world and led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds.

The campaign would make France the first country in the European Union to vaccinate poultry against the deadly virus. Agriculture ministry officials said last month that tests carried out in France on vaccines from French firm Ceva Animal Health and Boehringer IngelheimThe ministry did not quantify the value of the order, but said Boehringer's offer was considered better than Ceva's due to the financial criteria, its capacity to supply the doses and storage conditions.The French poultry industry had asked to have two different vaccines to avoid supply hiccups.

"If the decision to vaccinate all year round is taken, a new call for tenders should be launched for an additional order of vaccines with a new call for tender," the spokesperson said in a written answer.Our Standards:

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