Who discovered the influenza vaccine?

Swine Influenza vaccine

• What were the names of the pharmaceutical companies who manufactured the Swine Flu vaccine in 1976? Did that manufacturer have a parent company? Anything else on this vaccine--additives, ingredients, viral strain used, etc. would be appreciated.

• Answer:

  Dear tooza7264, In 1976, the Swine Influenza vaccine was produced by the following four companies: - Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Inc. (parent company: Merck Co., Inc.) - Richardson-Merrell, Inc. - Parke-Davis & Co. (parent company: Warner-Lambert Co.) - Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. (parent company: American Home Products Corp.) As for details on the composition and the ingredients of the vaccine used in 1976, it proved to be impossible to find information. The only thing that is clear is that the swine flu virus used for the vaccine was A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1). Apart from that, I could not find reliable data anywhere. Best regards, Scriptor Sources: Louisiana State University: Swine Flu Chronology, January 1976 - March 1977 (PDF file) http://publichealthlaw.law.lsu.edu/cphl/history/books/sw/Chronology.pdf Haverford College: The Sky is Falling - An Analysis of the Swine Flu Affair of 1976 The Sky is Falling: An Analysis of the Swine Flu Affair of 1976 The Nation: Summary of "Swine Flu, the Phantom Threat" http://www.nationarchive.com/Summaries/v223i0009_09.htm Search terms used: "swine flu" 1976 vaccine manufacturer ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=%22swine+flu%22+1976+vaccine+manufacturer&btnG=Google-Suche&meta= "swine flu" 1976 vaccine "four manufacturers" ://www.google.de/search?num=20&hl=de&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22swine+flu%22+1976+vaccine+%22four+manufacturers%22&btnG=Suche&meta= "parke davis" ://www.google.de/search?num=20&hl=de&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22parke+davis%22&btnG=Suche&meta= "parke davis" 1976 swine warner lambert ://www.google.de/search?q=%22parke+davis%22+1976+swine+warner+lambert&btnG=Suche&num=20&hl=de&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1