Vaccine Supply and Innovation

The United States is facing a vaccine shortage that may threaten public health. This book examines vaccine research and development, production and supply, and utilization and offers recommendations aimed at ensuring vaccine supply and promoting innovation. In addition, this comprehensive volume provides information on the adverse reactions associated with the range of vaccines used in the United States and contains the most thorough analysis ever published on the state of the law regarding vaccine-related injury and compensation for vaccine injury.

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""Vaccine Supply and Innovation""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Vaccine Supply and Innovation""; ""1 Summary""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""VACCINE AVAILABILITY: MAJOR BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS""; ""Impediments to Vaccine Innovation""; ""ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VACCINE INDUSTRY""; ""VACCINE INJURY""; ""THE LEGAL SITUATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES""; ""CONSEQUENCES OF THE STATE OF VACCINE INJURY LIABILITY LAW FOR VACCINE PRODUCTION AND INNOVATION""; ""A NATIONAL VACCINE COMMISSION""; ""COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY FOR VACCINE-RELATED INJURY""; ""2 Vaccines: Past, Present, and Future""

""TYPES OF IMMUNIZATION""""HISTORY OF IMMUNIZATION""; ""THE PRESENT""; ""Development of Vaccines and Recommendations for Vaccine Use""; ""THE FUTURE""; ""REFERENCES AND NOTES""; ""3 Vaccine Availability: Concerns, Barriers, and Impediments""; ""CONCERNS ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION""; ""Supply""; ""Stockpiling of Vaccines""; ""Problems with Sole Reliance on Foreign Manufacturers""; ""Federal Action to Ensure Vaccine Supply""; ""BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO VACCINE INNOVATION""; ""Identification of Need and Establishing Priorities""

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