Vaccine shortages

by Ted Frank on December 24, 2003

Professor Tyler Cowen notes a Financial Times article (subscription only) on how liability issues have driven many vaccine manufacturers out of business, causing the vaccine shortages we see today. (Marginal Revolution blog, Dec. 23).

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1 forum 06.23.04 at 2:26 pm

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