Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2009 shows bottles of vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza produced by the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Workers cover boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza are kept at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009 for shipment. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura smiles during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura speaks at a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura smiles during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura is congratulated by students at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015 as he walks to a press conference. Earlier the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura (L), a recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by phone during a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015. Earlier the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura shared the prize with Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japan's Omura shares Nobel medicine prize with 2 others

Japanese scientist Satoshi Omura speaks at a news conference at Kitasato University in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2015, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Omura, Ireland-born William Campbell and China's Youyou Tu shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Workers cover boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza are kept at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009 for shipment. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2009 shows bottles of vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza produced by the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day. (Kyodo)