Bioterrorism

Panel Suggests Federally Supervised Vaccine Labs

Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 21st, 2001

The government should supervise development and production of vaccines against germs that might be used in bioterror attacks, a congressionally created panel told the Bush administration.

The advisory commission on domestic terrorism concluded that because only a small market exists for the manufacture of vaccines to fight anthrax, smallpox or other diseases terrorists might release, the government should oversee and finance their research and production. Altered vaccines might be needed to combat manipulated strains of existing diseases, the experts concluded.

"We've suggested that the private sector can no longer respond to the requirements of...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2001-11-21)

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