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To: JEB who wrote (646515)	10/19/2004 11:27:40 AM
From: steve dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

So that's why the govt. can't do it? Government owned or operated facilities (GOCOs) are less likely to be advantageous for production of routinely administered vaccines and are not likely to accomplish longer-term vaccine production goals. Such GOCOs may be useful or critical to national defense needs and those of the military but would appear to be limited in ability to respond to the needs of routinely administered vaccines. If the federal government becomes a vaccine manufacturer, industry may not be able to compete with a government-subsidized program. The result may be the further withdrawal of private manufacturers from the United States market and the loss of innovation and introduction of new products. Private ind. couldn't compete? It appears there's no competition in the U.S. for the production of flu vaccine.