The Associated Press reported that Britain and France received their first batches of swine flu vaccine “as governments begin to arm themselves against a widely expected second wave of the pandemic in the northern winter.” British and French health officials said the H1N1 vaccine should win licensing approval for distribution in their countries by October. Britain’s Department of Health said it received a first batch of 100,000 doses of swine flu vaccine from Baxter. France “has reserved 94 million doses of vaccine from four pharmaceutical companies and expects to have several million doses by mid-October when the vaccines are set to win market approval.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/britain-france-get-first-batches-of-swine-flu-vaccine-20090828-f1i2.html