132 million flu shots coming for next season

In order to be properly prepared for the upcoming flu season, many of the flu vaccine makers will be making available a record 132 million vaccine doses ready for the 2007-2008 flu season.

That is quite a few doses indeed. U.S. government officials state that 200 million Americans should receive flu vaccinations every year, although it's unclear how that number is being arrived at.

Currently, there are four global companies that will be supplying the 132 million doses, although an Australian company may be added as a fifth company. They are: Sanofi Pasteur, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and MedImmune Vaccines.