US Buying Up to 4 Million Flu Doses
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US health officials agreed to buy 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday and said another 2.8 million doses from the company will be available later during the flu season.
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A federal plan announced yesterday to distribute the nation&#39;s 10.3 million remaining flu shots will direct about 380,000 doses to Pennsylvania.
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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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Another 1 million doses of a nasal spray influenza vaccine will be available in the United States this year, Bush administration officials said on Thursday as they sought to calm concerns about a flu shot shortage.
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The government is seriously considering making commitments to buy a certain number of flu shots each year to help bolster supply and avoid severe shortages like the one now, officials said Thursday.
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In an effort to expand the supply of flu vaccine available in the United States in the future, a clinical trial of an influenza vaccine widely used in Europe has begun recruiting participants at four sites nationwide.
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Health officials yesterday said 22.4 million unshipped doses of flu vaccine will be made available to people who are most at risk of getting the virus.
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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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Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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The US permitted a California doctor to import 400 doses of flu vaccine last month, violating government regulations against purchases of foreign drugs, the Globe and Mail reported.
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Dec 7, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The federal government is buying 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine made in Germany to augment the strained US supply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has asked permission from federal authorities to buy 30,000 doses of flu vaccine from outside the United States.
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Up to 132 million doses of influenza vaccine, a record, should be available in the United States for the flu season, health officials said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The current flu vaccine shortage in the United States may soon be partially relieved by an additional five million doses from foreign vaccine makers, the US government announced on Thursday.
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The federal government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage. Up to 5 million doses are available from plants in Canada and Germany, but
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US health officials announced Thursday that they have identified more than 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from overseas sources that may be suitable for import to the United States.
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MedImmune Inc. will provide an additional 1 million doses of its FluMist nasal-spray vaccine this year to help the country overcome a shortage of flu shots, US health officials said yesterday.