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Vaccine makers' protection will be eliminated, Republicans say
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 9th, 2003
House and Senate Republicans said they also would get rid of a loophole under which companies that locate overseas to avoid paying taxes could still compete for agency contracts and would revise language that gave one university, Texas A&M, special access to federal research money.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who supported the original vaccine provision and said he still hopes to take up the issue later in 2003 in more comprehensive legislation, said he...
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