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A third answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

What are the properties of what you bought? Answer: dunno.

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Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan
Jan 11, 2025
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has responded to another of our requests under FOI.

Here are all questions in the original post:

FOI Questions for the UKHSA on WhatDoTheyKnow

FOI Questions for the UKHSA on WhatDoTheyKnow

Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan
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December 13, 2024
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For the record, here is the first set UKHSA replied to:

One answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

One answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan
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Jan 7
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and the second answer:

A second answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

A second answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan
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Jan 9
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The third set asked questions about the performance of what UKHSA bought with our money.

It is worth reproducing the exchange:

So, dear readers, how did the UKHSA adjudicate the tender if they do not know what they bought?

Do you have any comments for us that you would like us to feed back? Could you also enlighten us and how we contact xxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx. If the number of Xs matters, is it by any chance MHRA@mhra.gov.uk?

UPDATE:

We have done what the UKHSA suggested. On 10 January we wrote to the regulator/facilitator/enabler and got an ackowledgment:

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