"U.S. Triples Its Order Of a Key Flu Drug"

Read the brief article in the Washington Post.

"The U.S. government is tripling its order for a key influenza drug in case of a bird flu pandemic, but it will not have all the needed vaccines and drugs for several more years, experts said yesterday. Drug company chiefs urged Congress to appropriate more money to prepare for a flu pandemic, saying they could not supply needed drugs and vaccines without a guaranteed market.......There have also been battles over provisions aimed at shielding flu vaccine makers from liability."