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Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL BLUMENTHAL WRITES SEASONAL FLU VACCINE MAKERS, DISTRIBUTORS REGARDING ALLEGED PRICE GOUGING, PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

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November 3, 2009
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HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 2 -- The Connecticut Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has written 13 makers and distributors of scarce seasonal flu vaccine regarding allegations under investigation by his office of price fixing and preferential treatment for big retailers.

Seasonal flu vaccine is in short supply primarily because drug makers switched to producing H1N1 flu vaccine.

Blumenthal said his office has received complaints of season flu vaccines being offered at many times the normal price, as much as $100 a dose or higher. Other allegations include distributors and manufacturers reneging on price agreements by demanding new, higher ...

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