July 20th 07, 02:37 AM
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A big reason to vaccinate
Here is another one..
http://www.kevinleitch.co.uk/wp/?p=594
The One True Zhen Jue wrote:
I've got a better reason. Vaccines wiped out Small Pox and have
reduced Polio to infintisimal levels. Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and a
host of other preventable diseases have been greatly suppressed.
Childhood fatalities & morbidity plummetted as a direct result of
vaccination. Vaccination has likely saved the lives of more people
than any other medical advancement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_controversy
As for financial motive, $6.9 billion sounds like a lot of money.
Factor in the costs of manufacturing and the minimal mark-up, many
pharmaceutical companies don't want to bother with vaccines.
http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archi.../msg01134.html
Vaccine Shortage Seen as Evidence of Ailing Strategy
Full article: December 11, 2003, Page A03, Philadelphia Inquirer, The
(PA)
Source: Seth Borenstein INQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU
The current U.S. flu-vaccine shortage - one of seven vaccine shortages
in the
last two years - is just the latest symptom of an ailing national
vaccination
strategy, say public-health experts and two federal reports.Vaccines
are not
profitable enough for most drug makers to bother with, experts say.
"Our vaccine system is broke in that we're having these shortages,"
Frank
Sloan, a Duke University health economics professor, said yesterday as
federal
officials scrounged for
Published on December 11, 2003, Page A03, Philadelphia Inquirer, The
(PA)
On Jul 19, 3:15 pm, bigvince wrote:
"United States represents the largest market for human vaccines with
sales estimated at US$6.9 billion for 2007. Within Europe, France,
Germany, and United Kingdom together account for more than 3/4th of
the market. In Japan, Pediatric prophylactic vaccines sales are likely
to grow at a compounded annual rate of 9.9% over the period 2005-2010.
Human vaccines market in Asia-Pacific is projected to reach US$1.3
billion by the year 2010.
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