US orders 75m anthrax doses
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THE United States has ordered 75 million doses of a new anthrax vaccine, costing $1.16 billion, from pharmaceutical VaxGen, health secretary Tommy Thompson said today.
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The government awarded its first contract under the Project Bioshield program yesterday -- an $877 million deal with a small California company to make 75 million doses of a newly developed anthrax vaccine.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute the country&#39;s remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine to state health departments.
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The federal government awarded an $878 million anthrax vaccine contract to a Brisbane biotech company Thursday, ordering a stockpile of 75 million doses to guard against terrorist attacks.
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Oct 28, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The Department of Defense (DoD) has suspended its anthrax vaccination program in response to a federal court ruling that military personnel should not have to accept the shots against their will unless the president orders
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Federal health officials are potentially wasting a stockpile of anthrax vaccine worth more than $100 million, according to a government report to be released today.
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DOVER- There are some big changes for members of the military. A federal judge has put a hold on the anthrax vaccine. He says the Food and Drug Administration did not get enough public comment before they labeled the shot safe and effective.
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The state Department of Health Services plans to start shipping an additional 271,000 doses of vaccine as early as Monday. Of those, 3,830 have been allocated to Stanislaus County.
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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that HHS has awarded a contract for $877.5 million to VaxGen, Inc. to manufacture and deliver 75 million doses of a new anthrax vaccine.
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Oct. 12, 2004 -- US health authorities are moving to redistribute millions of units of flu vaccine in an effort to direct doses to high-risk persons who are facing severe shortages this fall, officials said Tuesday.
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Brownwood Bulletin. The Brown County Health Department has been notified it will receive all 1,700 doses of the flu vaccine it has ordered despite the shortage in the nation&#39;s flu vaccine supply, a local health official said.
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California vaccine maker VaxGen Inc. will make a new and improved version of the anthrax vaccine for use in case of a biological attack, the U.S. government said on Thursday.
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and &quot;Mrs Anthrax&quot; by US forces, would not be released soon. &quot;The two women are in legal and. including the two women, remained in US legal custody.
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Aventis-Pasteur (AVEP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) will supply the US market with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine beyond what the company already has promised, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said
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Nov 4, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Federal health officials today announced the award of an $877 million contract for 75 million doses of a new anthrax vaccine to protect the public and improve on the existing vaccine used by the military.
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Federal health officials yesterday scuttled the largest piece of the Bush administration's two-year program to counter bioterrorism, canceling an $877.5 million contract with VaxGen to develop an anthrax vaccine after the company missed a deadline to begin human testing.
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WASHINGTON - The government said Thursday that it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new-generation anthrax vaccine under an $877.