CLINTON CONSIDERS PLAN FOR CHILD VACCINATIONS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, February 1, 1993                   TAG: 9302010105
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short
CLINTON CONSIDERS PLAN FOR CHILD VACCINATIONS
The Clinton administration is considering a plan to ensure that all children are vaccinated by having the federal government and states buy vaccines and distribute them free to clinics and doctors, a newspaper reported.
The New York Times, in today's editions, said leading pediatricians and child-advocacy groups support the plan, but drug companies strongly oppose it, saying it will make the manufacture of vaccines unprofitable and may force them to cut spending for research to develop new, more effective vaccines.
The Clinton administration says the plan will mean nearly universal immunization because the cost of vaccines, which became more expensive in the last decade, would no longer be a factor, the Times said.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB