Prevnar full dose schedule restored
Executive Summary
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reinstates full four-dose schedule for Wyeth's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar Sept. 16. CDC recommended deferring the third and fourth doses because of supply problems; it reinstated the third dose recommendation in July (1"The Pink Sheet" July 12, 2004, In Brief). Wyeth CEO Robert Essner told the Bear Stearns health care conference Sept. 14 that Prevnar's supply issues were "under good control"...