Texas sues distributors of flu vaccine over prices
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a lawsuit against two flu shot distributors, accusing them of selling vials of vaccine to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman at inflated prices.
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Although government officials asked MedImmune to help with the flu vaccine shortage, the maker of a nasal anti-flu spray will lose money on every dose it sells.
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AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said today that his office will investigate complaints that flu shot distributors are marking up vials of the vaccine by as much as 1,000 percent.
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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.
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Federal health officials said on Thursday that they would investigate reports of price gouging for flu shots in response to a severe national shortage of the influenza vaccine.
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A drug wholesaler accused of overcharging for flu vaccine agreed Wednesday to turn over its remaining inventory -- a total of five vials -- and to no longer buy or sell it.
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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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A Canadian company is offering to sell 1.2 million doses of surplus flu vaccine to the United States as Americans continue to flood across the border for shots.
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The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
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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 Nov 6, 2004 - The state&#39;s medical quality board has accused a physician of giving outdated flu vaccine to 55 patients.
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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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Cancer drug distributors are trying to charge storage and handling fees to the makers of the drugs, a move some consumer groups worry could undermine parts of the Medicare prescription benefit law meant to curb pricing abuses.
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A Fort Lauderdale pharmaceutical wholesaler facing the nation&#39;s first price-gouging lawsuits related to the flu vaccine has a history of charging exorbitant prices for hard-to-find drugs, the
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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.
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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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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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The state&#39;s medical quality board has accused a physician of giving outdated flu vaccine to 55 patients. Dr. Gary McCallum used a batch of last year&#39;s vaccine, according