Texas Sues Flu Shot Distributors
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OCTOBER 21, 2004 - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today sued two flu shot distributors amid a shortage of the vaccine. The suit filed in Houston accuses the companies of offering vials to hospitals in
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The Harris County Hospital District is hoping it can snag a few thousand of the 24 million doses of flu vaccine that haven&#39;t been shipped by vaccine maker Aventis Pasteur.
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Many elderly residents at assisted-living centers and nursing homes in Clemmons and Davie County have received flu shots amid the nationwide shortage of flu vaccine.
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Texas charged two distributors of the scarce influenza vaccine on Thursday with price gouging, saying they hiked the price of the medicine by more than 1,000 percent.
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This season's flu-shot shortage is enticing companies to enter a market that others have largely abandoned because of poor profits.- The Washington Post
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A Florida company is disputing accusations that it tried to sell flu vaccine in Kansas at highly inflated prices. Attorney General Phill Kline sued Fort Lauderdale-based Meds-Stat this week on allegations
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A Florida pharmaceutical wholesaler suspected of victimizing multiple flu shot providers in Connecticut was sued Thursday by the state.
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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Dr Gary McCallum, Washington state, has been accused of giving 55 patients out-of-date flu vaccines. He used last year&#39;s vaccines, says the Medical Quality Assurance Commission of Washington State.
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US Health Secretary Tommy Thompson has urged local officials to investigate reports of companies raising prices to exploit a flu vaccine shortage.
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Concerned health officials began  investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine  plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on  more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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The US flu vaccine shortage has reached a low point. Distributors accross the nation and here in Texas are hiking up prices, taking advantage of the extreme need.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Fort Lauderdale drug wholesaler accused of overcharging for the flu vaccine is turning over its vaccine inventory.
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A Fort Lauderdale drug wholesaler accused by the state of overcharging for flu vaccine is turning over its vaccine inventory to the government and will no longer buy or sell it.
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Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) officials said yesterday, Dec. 21, that they will support the recommended expansion of flu shot priority target groups announced on Friday by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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As the flu vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation's capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail if they give flu shots to healthy, low-risk people.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- State Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Wednesday that his office filed a lawsuit against a Florida flu vaccine company for alleged price gouging.