The SAGE meeting of 27 - 29 October 2009 was held at CCV/CICG, Geneva. Available on this site you will find the final meeting agenda, list of participants, declaration of interests, background reading materials and presentations made at the meeting. The report of SAGE meeting of October 2009 is split into two sections. The first section is the primary SAGE report and the second section focuses specifically on pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccines.