Full Committee Hearing

“Protecting Our Kids: What is Causing the Current Shortage in Childhood Vaccines?”

Date: June 12, 2002

Time: 9:30am

Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements

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Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center

on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section

Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Executive Vice President, Aventis Pasteur North America

on behalf of Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Director, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

United States Department of Health and Human Services