U.S. Works to Import 5 Million Flu Shots
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The Bush administration said Thursday it is working to buy another 5 million doses of flu vaccine from manufacturers in Canada and Germany, mixing the ticklish issue of prescription drug imports with the flu shot shortage.
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New York City joined Illinois&#39; effort on Wednesday to acquire hundreds of thousands of doses of scarce flu vaccine from Europe, though US regulatory approval of the transaction was still up in the air.
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WASHINGTON Dec 6, 2004 - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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Two suppliers say they will be able to provide Americans with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine and another 1 million doses of nasal flu spray.
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Only a fraction of the people who need flu shots the most are getting them &#151; including just one in five babies and toddlers, say health officials who hope to boost those numbers as a record vaccine supply heads out this fall.
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U.S. health officials turned to a  back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to  redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated  supply.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 11 million doses of influenza vaccine remain and the agency is working with local public-health officials amid a shortage to make sure the supply reaches high-risk groups.
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The fourth shortage of flu vaccine in five years shows the need for more manufacturers and new technology, according to the US National Institutes for Health and some members of Congress.
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday  approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza  vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, bringing the U.S. total to 65  million vaccines for this flu season.
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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Five rich countries led by Italy launched a $1.5 billion project on Friday to help develop vaccines they said could save millions of lives in poor nations, and called on others to join them.
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TORONTO -- Canadian health authorities have purchased an extra 145,000 doses of flu vaccine and are negotiating with a foreign supplier to import more if this season&#39;s high demand threatens to outstrip supplies.
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Many of the nation's scarce remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for high-risk patients, under a plan negotiated between the government and maker Aventis Pasteur.
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Federal health officials could import up to 5.2 million additional flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany to help mitigate an unexpected national flu vaccine supply shortage if manufacturing facilities in those countries pass FDA inspections, HHS
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WASHINGTON - The United States will receive some relief from its flu-shot shortage in the form of up to 4 million new doses, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
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Dec. 7, 2004 -- Health officials announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to import 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from Germany in a continuing effort to boost US supplies.