Price Gouging Reported for Flu Vaccine
521723
US hospitals are being solicited by secondary pharmaceutical distributors offering flu vaccine at highly inflated prices, according to a new survey of hospital pharmacy directors.
447920
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken action against two flu shot distributors, ASAP Meds and Dublin Medical, accusing the companies of price gouging during the flu vaccine shortage.
98947
A Florida drug distributor accused of  price gouging has agreed to stop buying and selling flu  vaccines and will hand over its remaining inventory, totaling  about 50 doses, the attorney general said on Wednesday.
75969
A flu vaccination shortage that  caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and  clinics across America prompted a fierce pre-election exchange  of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.
658277
Amid an unprecedented shortage of flu vaccine, pharmacists at several Massachusetts hospitals say that suppliers have offered to sell them shots in recent days for as much as $90 a dose, more than 10 times the normal price.
534513
CAMDEN, New Jersey -- A convenience-store owner has been charged with smuggling flu vaccine into the United States and offering it for sale to a hospital, apparently to cash in on the national shortage.
365792
A major maker of influenza vaccines for the United States market said it has found that some of its new supplies are contaminated, delaying release of some 50 million doses, the New York Times reported Friday.
157503
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit Thursday against two flu shot distributors, accusing them of offering the vaccine to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman at prices inflated up to 1,000 percent.
171184
The largest flu vaccine maker in Canada says talks are under way to sell excess influenza vaccines to the US government, but federal health officials Wednesday would not acknowledge such discussions.
224382
The flu-vaccine shortage has already dredged up folks trying to make a quick buck off the situation. &quot;We are getting a few calls from physicians saying they have been offered a vial of vaccine
211267
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.
430069
Aventis Pasteur, the world&#39;s largest flu vaccine manufacturer and the sole supplier of flu shots to the USA this year, will begin preparing for year-round production under a $10
464657
While Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist fumes over a local companyâs alleged price gouging, Florida is attempting to secure more influenza vaccine to aid the stateâs large elderly population.
211079
Michelle Lynn Torgerson was selling flu shots at $20 each at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, to students. When asked for her credentials she fled.
343250
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.
203214
Jack Bond's hospital pharmacy needed 2,800 flu shots, but his supplier couldn't provide them. Plenty of other distributors were ready to meet his needs, though &#151; for a price: as much as &#36;600 for a vial of 10 flu shots that normally costs around &#36;80.
318548
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.