By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Nearly 155 million doses of influenza vaccine were distributed this season, one of the highest amounts of vaccine in a season, according to Penny Post, PhD, who gave a brief report at the recent meeting of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC).
The purpose of the meeting was to update the committee so members could make a recommendation about the strain composition for the 2018-2019 influenza vaccinations. As is done every year, the