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May 17, 2002
"Unit Gets FDA Approval to Sell Child-Immunization Vaccine" Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com) (05/16/02)
The FDA has approved Aventis Pasteur's Daptacel vaccine for the first four consecutive doses of the childhood-vaccination series against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. The vaccine was in short supply as two other manufacturers ceased making the product.
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