Influenza Vaccine

More than 100 million doses of influenza vaccine expected to be available this year

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 8th, 2006

Influenza vaccine manufacturers report that they expect to produce more than 100 million doses of influenza vaccine for the U.S. market this year. This is at least 17 million more doses of influenza vaccine than has ever been distributed in the past (previous high was 83.1 million doses in 2003) and about 19 million more doses than were distributed last year (81.2 million).

"As we've learned in the past few years, there is always some uncertainty regarding influenza vaccine supplies and distribution," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, CDC director. "It's often very difficult to predict how much vaccine will be distributed and when."

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2006-10-08)

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