Either by "sheer luck" or deliberate planning, Baxter filed a patent application US200900609501A1 last August 28, 2008 for a swine flu vaccine. Generally, companies manufacture influenza vaccines based on previous strains of the flu, preparing for the fall flue season each year. Baxter however, developed a swine flu vaccine and as a result, hold one of the contracts to develop vaccines for the 'pandemic' being sold to the public.
