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November 18, 2002

 

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

 

"Liaoning Purchases Vaccines Through Public Tender"

Xinhua News Agency (202.84.17.11/en/main.htm) (11/18/02)

 

Northeast China's Liaoning Province is seeking to buy about $700,000 worth of vaccines, sparking interest from the country's biomedical industry and prompting applications from scientific institutes in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Changchun.  The province is looking to buy vaccines against hepatitis B, measles, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and encephalitis.

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