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. 2018 Feb 12;14(3):678–683. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1423152

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Influenza vaccine manufacturing process and timeline.11 It takes at least six months for the first supplies of approved vaccine to become available once the vaccine composition is decided. This lead time is needed because the vaccine production process involves many sequential steps, and these steps are strictly controlled by government health agencies.