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Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Vaccine Policy Issues Updated May 19, 2005

By Thaul, Susan

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Title: Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Vaccine Policy Issues Updated May 19, 2005  
Author: Thaul, Susan
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Language: English
Subject: Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Thaul, S. (n.d.). Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Vaccine Policy Issues Updated May 19, 2005. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/


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Summary: This report’s focus is on vaccination, one of the most cost-effective methods available to prevent infectious diseases. Whether a vaccine’s target is naturally occurring or present because of hostile intent, the issues policy makers must deal with include vaccine development, production, availability, safety, effectiveness, and access. Vaccines are biologics: their basic components begin as living material. They introduce bacteria or dead or weakened viruses into a person or animal to stimulate an immune reaction that the body will remember if assaulted by the same pathogen in the future.

Table of Contents
Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What Is A Vaccine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Procedures for the Approval and Regulation of Biololgics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Laws Approved by the 107th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Legislative Activity in the 108th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Continuing Legislative Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Production Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Production Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Possible Legislative Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Financial Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Improved Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ensuring Safety and Effectiveness May Delay Availability . . . . . . . . 11 Safety and Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Side-Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Insufficient Knowledge and Inadequate Risk Communication . . . . . . 15 Assessment of Competing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Production of Generic Biologics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Possible Legislative Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Improving Post-Licensure Adverse-Event Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Education and Risk Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Studies in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics . . . . . . . 17 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Possible Legislative Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Coordination of Government Financing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Payment for Vaccination and Follow-Up Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Global Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

 
 



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