THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

US flu vaccine's shortage ends in an oversupply

By Diedtra Henderson
Globe Staff / February 9, 2005

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size +

WASHINGTON -- In this year's bizarre flu season, it has come to this: Five months after health officials rationed vaccine because of a shortage, now there's a glut with one manufacturer and major distributors facing lost revenue totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. (Full article: 941 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $4.95 1 article
  • $9.95 4 articles
  • $25.95 Monthly