Illinois Governor Seeks Vaccine Abroad
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Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, one of several leaders of state efforts to buy prescription drugs from outside the United States, says he has found at least 30,000 doses of flu vaccine
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WASHINGTON -- The Illinois governor's ambitious plan to help that state's residents buy prescription drugs from Britain also may permit drug imports from Europe's developing nations, the Food and Drug Administration fears.
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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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(Somers Point, New Jersey-NBC) Nov. 24, 2004 - Federal officials in New Jersey are searching for a suspect who smuggled hundreds of doses of flu vaccine into the US in hopes of selling them.
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Kansas will be the fourth state to join Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s prescription drug program I-SaveRx, which helps residents buy lower-cost medication from Europe and Canada, state officials said Tuesday.
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First it was Illinois, now New York City is also attempting to get large orders of flu vaccines from Europe. Whether or not these foreign supplies will get FDA clearance is still unclear.
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Rochelle, Illinois- A local county is holding flu shot clinics despite the shortage in vaccinations. The Ogle County Health Department has received a limited amount of the vaccine for high risk residents.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Tuesday that he&#39;s located 200,000 more flu vaccinations from European suppliers, bringing his claimed total to at least 262,000, the Associated Press reported.
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New York City joined Illinois&#39; effort on Wednesday to acquire hundreds of thousands of doses of scarce flu vaccine from Europe, though US regulatory approval of the transaction was still up in the air.
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The governors of Illinois and New  Mexico accused French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SASY.PA of  balking in providing data to U.S. regulators in the states'  attempts to secure flu vaccine in the midst of a national  shortage.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday said his administration has found even more flu vaccine from European suppliers and pressed federal officials for permission to ship the doses to Illinois amid a national shortage.
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SPRINGFIELD (CBS/AP) New York City is joining Illinois in efforts to ease the flu vaccine shortage by buying hundreds of thousands of shots from European wholesalers.
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Chicago -- Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 62,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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State health officials are asking physicians and other licensed vaccine providers to submit requests for about 200,000 doses of influenza vaccine allotted to Arizona by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his administration has negotiated a tentative agreement to purchase flu vaccinations from British wholesalers, but federal regulators must approve the deal.