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.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 05 Jul 10 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 05 Jul 10
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