Connaught’s Tripedia
Executive Summary
A cellular pertussis DTP vaccine will cost $15.92 per dose for pediatricians, slightly higher than the $15.60 Lederle is currently charging physicians for its acellular pertussis vaccine Acel-Immune. The price of $11.36 per dose of Tripedia reported in the Aug. 31 issue of "The Pink Sheet" (p. 6) did not include the $4.56 tax, which goes to the federal vaccine compensation fund.