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Archive: Vaccine Shortages in the Spotlight
(Information about vaccines shortages and delays in past years)

Contents of this page:

• Chart of current delays and shortages (2006 - present)
• Delays and shortages during

  2005 2004 2003

  2002 2001

Delays & shortages during 2005

• Typhim Vi® Vaccine Unavailable (Sept. 1, 2005)

• Temporary Shortage of Typhim Vi® Vaccine is over  (Aug. 1, 2005)

• Typhim Vi® Vaccine Now Available (as of July 12, 2005)
  Sanofi-Pasteur MSD, manufacturer of the injectable typhoid vaccine (Typhim Vi ®), announced that the vaccine is now available in single-dose Luer-Lok pre-filled syringes. The 20-dose vials are expected to be available in late July or early August. A temporary shortage of the vaccine, which began in February 2005, was attributed to unexpected demand. 
  

Delays & shortages during 2004

• PCV7 Update: Shortage Resolved

• PCV7 UPDATE: Reinstatement of 3rd Dose in PCV7 Recommendation: Press Release, MMWR, and Qs & As
  Note: The toll free number to Wyeth's customer service department provided on the MMWR Notice to Reader's Announcement is incorrect. The correct number is (800) 666-7248.

• Reinstatement of 3rd Dose in PCV7 Recommendation  (July 8, 2004)

• PCV7 (Prevnar®) Shortages and Suspension of the Recommendation for the 3rd & 4th Doses (March 2, 2004)
        

Delays & shortages during 2003

• Strengthening the Supply of Routinely Recommended Vaccines in the U.S.: Recommendations from the NVAC (Source: Journal of the American Medical Association. Dec. 2003;290:3122-3128) (exit site)

• MMWR Article - Notice to Readers: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Shortage Resolved, (May 16, 2003)
    

Delays & shortages during 2002

• GAO Report#GAO-02-987 - Childhood Vaccines: Ensuring an Adequate Supply Poses Continuing Challenges, Report to Congressional Requesters, #GAO-02-987, Sept. 2002 (exit site)
     
• MMWR Article - Resumption of Routine Schedule for Varicella Vaccine (August 2, 2002) 
      
• MMWR Article - Resumption of Routine Schedule for Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine and for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine  (July 12, 2002) 
     
• MMWR Article - Resumption of Routine Schedule for Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids (June 21, 2002) 
     
• Testimonies before the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. Senate (June 12, 2002)
• FDA's role in maintaining the supply of childhood vaccines 
• CDC--Protecting our kids: what is causing the current shortage in childhood vaccines?  
     
• ACIP Recommends Prioritization for Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine Use  (Feb. 25, 2002)
       
• Diphtheria, Tetanus, & Pertussis (DTaP) shortage update  (Jan. 4, 2002)
    

Delays & shortages during 2001

• Revised Recs: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-7) and Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)  (Dec. 7, 2001)
       
• Decreased availability of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine  
  (Sept. 14, 2001)

This page last modified on September 8, 2005