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Article: Influenza vaccine prebooking and distribution strategies for the 2005-06 influenza season.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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For the 2004-05 influenza season, CDC, in coordination with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), issued interim influenza vaccine use recommendations after Chiron Corporation announced that none of its inactivated influenza vaccine (Fluvirin[R]) would be available in the United States (1). To plan for the upcoming 2005-06 influenza season, CDC has met with influenza vaccine manufacturers, including those intending to apply for approval to sell in the United States, to develop supply projections and distribution strategies, including prebooking (i.e., advance ordering of vaccine) and partial shipment of orders to those customers who prebook. As of March ...