Texas sues over flu shot prices
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HOUSTON The Texas attorney general says it&#39;s &quot;simply unacceptable&quot; to charge exorbitant prices for flu shots at a time like this.
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A shortage of flu vaccine has led to lines for injections while the authorities are battling to halt price gouging for the vaccines available.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  urged state attorneys general to fully investigate reports of  price gouging by companies distributing scarce supplies of  influenza vaccine and fully prosecute offenders.
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LOS ANGELES -- Already struggling financially because of patients who do not pay, the county&#39;s emergency rooms could face more money woes and crowding because of the flu vaccine shortage.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. Nov 6, 2004 - The state&#39;s medical quality board has accused a physician of giving outdated flu vaccine to 55 patients.
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With many health care facilities struggling to find flu vaccine, some small suppliers have capitalized on the acute shortage by demanding as much as 10 times the usual price.
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A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to recoup tens of millions spent by government-financed health programs to purchase the painkiller and to treat patients for its side effects.
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The health department was warned on Thursday that prosecuting pharmacists who reverted to the former medicine pricing would entitle pharmacists to sue the state for malicious prosecution.
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Dr Gary McCallum, Washington state, has been accused of giving 55 patients out-of-date flu vaccines.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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A lawsuit filed by San Francisco attorney Joseph Alioto on behalf of 19 California pharmacies accuses 15 major drug companies of conspiracing to inflate drug prices.
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A Martin County man is suing the maker of the prescription drug Vioxx and the Walgreens Corporation. Mark Tomlin alleges he had a heart attack after taking the drug to relieve pain from arthritis.
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A San Francisco law firm filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday in state court against 15 of the biggest drugmakers, alleging they have conspired to charge &quot;artificially higher prices
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A San Diego flu vaccine distributor was among three California companies subpoenaed by state Attorney General Bill Lockyer yesterday as part of an investigation into possible price gouging.
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TOPEKA - A Florida company has disputed accusations that it tried to sell flu vaccine in Kansas at highly inflated prices. Fort Lauderdale-based ASAP Meds Inc.
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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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As the vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation&#39;s capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail
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Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline says a Florida company is trying to gouge consumers who fear a vaccine shortage. BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS.