<p>"Most likely, we will start the vaccination next week," V.M. Katoch, secretary (Health Research) in ministry of health and family welfare, said.<br /><br />Katoch said multinational pharma company Sanofi Pasteur has already completed its bridge study and the data has been given to a health ministry committee for analysis.<br />"The last set of data from Sanofi Pasteur's bridge study in India came to us Feb 28. The data is now with a government committee, which is analysing it.<br /><br />"We expect the analysis to end in a few days and vaccination most likely to start the coming week," he said, adding that the high risk groups like doctors and paramedics will be vaccinated first.<br /><br />India has already procured 1.5 million doses of swine flu vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur. But authorities had asked the pharma major to conduct a bridge human trail in India to test if it suits the Indian population. Since, the country reported its first influenza A (H1N1) case in May 2009, over 1,300 people have died due to the pandemic virus and over 30,000 have been infected by it.</p>
<p>"Most likely, we will start the vaccination next week," V.M. Katoch, secretary (Health Research) in ministry of health and family welfare, said.<br /><br />Katoch said multinational pharma company Sanofi Pasteur has already completed its bridge study and the data has been given to a health ministry committee for analysis.<br />"The last set of data from Sanofi Pasteur's bridge study in India came to us Feb 28. The data is now with a government committee, which is analysing it.<br /><br />"We expect the analysis to end in a few days and vaccination most likely to start the coming week," he said, adding that the high risk groups like doctors and paramedics will be vaccinated first.<br /><br />India has already procured 1.5 million doses of swine flu vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur. But authorities had asked the pharma major to conduct a bridge human trail in India to test if it suits the Indian population. Since, the country reported its first influenza A (H1N1) case in May 2009, over 1,300 people have died due to the pandemic virus and over 30,000 have been infected by it.</p>