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A new global flu pandemic within the next couple years is inevitable, one prominent flu vaccine manufacturer says.

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Joseph Kim, head of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, which is currently working on a "universal" flu vaccine that would protect against most strains of the virus, says the world is due for a massive bird flu outbreak that could be much deadlier than the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

"I really believe we were lucky in 2009 [with the swine flu] because the strain that won out was not particularly lethal," he says. "Bird flu kills over 60 percent of people that it infects, regardless of health or age. It is a phenomenal killing machine—our only saving grace thus far is the virus has not yet jumped to humans."

More: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/24/global-flu-pandemic-inevitable-expert-warns?s_cid=rss:global-flu-pandemic-inevitable-expert-warns
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