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To: Tom Hua who wrote (14542)	10/4/2001 7:10:06 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19633

Tom .. CNBC report Here's the gist of what I heard .. For smallpox vaccine ACAM and BREL were mentioned ACAM has an order for 40 million doses from DOD .. Also, 3.5 billion has been approved to develop 15 new vaccines .. no mention of what companies would be doing the 'developing' .. MRK currently produces 9 of the 20 commercially available vaccines and is a significant business for them .. AHP also mentioned as having commercial quantities of smallpox vaccine .. Another angle that was briefly touched upon was the potential need for 'exotic medical testing' ie LH DGX ULAB etc .. Jim in Ct ..