Flu shot sales to US backed
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TORONTO -- Canada&#39;s chief public health officer defended yesterday the right of the country&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturer to sell surplus supply to the United States.
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ATLANTA -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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WASHINGTON - The United States will receive some relief from its flu-shot shortage in the form of up to 4 million new doses, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
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New York City on Wednesday joined Illinoisâ push for federal approval of European-manufactured flu vaccine. The purchase of 200,000 doses of flu vaccine by New York comes just a week after
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Jack Bond&#39;s hospital pharmacy needed 2,800 flu shots, but his supplier couldn&#39;t provide them. Plenty of other distributors were ready to meet his needs, though - for a price: as much as $600 for a vial of 10 flu shots that normally costs about $80.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, seeking to ease a major shortage of flu shots, is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.
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The government is pressing to buy more flu vaccine despite a slow start to the flu season. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of
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The government is considering making commitments to buy a certain number of flu shots each year to help bolster supplies and avoid severe shortages like the current one.
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The United States has found 5  million doses of influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc in  Germany and ID Biomedical in Canada and is trying to get them  for Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy  Thompson said on Thursday.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based ID Biomedical has decided not to sell 1.2 million flu shots to the US after all - and will keep the vaccine in Canada, at the request of the federal government.
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Canadian clinics are offering weekend flu shot sessions for desperate Americans who are unable to find the vaccine in the USA. The vaccines are being sold at CAN$50 a shot.
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Two suppliers say they will be able to provide Americans with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine and another 1 million doses of nasal flu spray.
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ATLANTA -- The nation&#39;s health department is checking companies in Canada and Germany that may be able to provide 5 million flu shots.
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The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation's shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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ID Biomedical Corp. (IDB.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (IDBE.O: Quote, Profile, Research) signed a US distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could reap sales
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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.