Burnt swine flu vaccine

July 5, 2010

US$40 MILLION worth of swine flu vaccine is set to go up in smoke, following the passing of expiry dates last week of 25% of all swine flu supplies made for the US market. Set to go down as the greatest write-off of vaccine in US history, the surplus of unused vaccine has been defended by the US govt, which said that it was “appropriate to have been prepared for the worst case scenario than to have too few doses”. 30 million more unused doses are also set to expire in the near future, after the US doubled its usual seasonal flu vaccine order last year by bringing in 200 million doses of H1N1 vaccine, most of which was not available to the public until the bulk of swine flu illnesses had passed.

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Pharmacy Daily | Burnt swine flu vaccine

Burnt swine flu vaccine

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Vic pharmacist gets Patients Australia gong

Phebra founder passes

New opioid policies reduce ED visits

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