Influenza

FluMist to be donated to public health agencies

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 18th, 2004

After disappointing sales in the first season for a needle-free flu vaccine, the sellers of FluMist said January 21, 2004, that they plan to donate 250,000 doses to public health agencies.

A spokesman for Wyeth, which co-markets the drug with Gaithersburg-based manufacturer MedImmune Inc., said the move was a goodwill gesture meant to shore up supplies of vaccine during the current shortage of the traditional flu shot.

But some analysts said it was proof of how poor sales of FluMist are, even during one of the worst flu seasons in recent years.

"The fact that they still have doses to give away shows how much things didn't go as...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-02-18)

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