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The adjuvant's role in the enhancing the vaccines’ elicited immune response to be appreciated and supported in more study.  Only 3 adjuvants are currently used today in the US.  The goal of the NIAID’s new research grants is to find new adjuvants and thus more...

Immunizations for adults are hitting center stage.  At the Annual ACOG Clinical Meeting this past April, representatives from both the CDC and Immunization for Woman. Org were in attendance.  Both organizations were bringing to physicians the relevant information...

Although it is exciting to have this new vaccine available to prevent Meningococcal group b disease, the ACIP recommendations are not expected until after their February meeting. Of course, the vast majority of HCPs prudently wait on these recommendations before...

We liked this from Medscape, hot topics in Adult Immunization are shared by Dr. Sandra Fryhofer here http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/834981?src=wnl_edit_specol&uac=143722BV

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MPPG members needing to store and/or dispose of files and other sensitive paperwork, hard drives, disks and media may enjoy reduced rates ( as new customers ) with Shred-It and Iron Mountain. These companies are considered by many to be the best in the business in the...

Trumenba  on sale as of today!  If you place your first order to ship before Dec. 15, Pfizer will give you a 5% discount!  Product is available in a box of 5 single dose pre-filled syringes as well as a box of 10 single dose pre-filled syringes. www.pfizerpro.com...

Check your inventories and check your calendars! Pfizer is increasing the price of Prevnar13 on orders placed after Nov. 30th,  Merck also has a price increase on HepA vaccine Vaqta (adults ) and HepB  RecombivaxHB (Peds) after that date.  Gardasil ( HPV ), Varivax,...

MPPG members will be pleased to hear of Sanofi Pasteur's End of Year Promotion. Sanofi Pasteur will be offering a Customer Promotion beginning on November 3, 2014. The promotion will include the following products:- Pentacel® (Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and...

The ACIP recommendations on the use of the 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine AKA: Prevnar13, PCV13 and the 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine AKA: PPSV23, Pneumovax23 are published in the September 19th issue of the MMWR.This information was...

Wyeth/Pfizer has raised the price on Prevnar13 for orders placed after November 30th and shipped after December 2nd. We recommend carefully reviewing your vaccine inventory before the end of this month. Check inventory not only on Prevnar13 but also on the Merck...

This is exciting vaccine news! Saturday, Oct 29th the FDA approved the Wyeth/Pfizer vaccine Trumenba for the prevention of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup b infection aka: Serogroup b Meningicoccal Disease. This vaccine is the first vaccine to prevent Serogroup b...

One of our vaccine manufacturer partners, Sanofi Pasteur announced on Monday that the FDA approved the updated prescribing information for Fluzone® High-Dose vaccine for adults 65 and older. The revised vaccine information now Includes important new data showing...

Pricing increases below affect MPPG Members only after Nov. 30th, 2014.This means practices should pre-schedule needed supplies to ship by 11.30.14Hepatitis B Vaccine - RecombivaxHB ( Peds )Hepatitis A Vaccine - Vaqta (Adults ) Pricing increases below affect MPPG...

Say "BOO" to the flu! The ACOG website is an excellent source of information on Influenza vaccine as well as ALL things “vaccine” related for the clinicians that care for women.www.immunizationforwoman.org