A separate study found that 72% of infants were protected against RSV through maternal vaccination or infant receipt of nirsevimab in 2023-24.
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As of 2022, 58% of makers of drugs bound for the US market were located overseas, the report notes.
It's unknown when supplies of the Pfizer's penicillin G drug will be replenished.
As a result of the supply interruptions, 6% of all programs reported negative patient outcomes.
Disease severity climbed significantly from before the pandemic to 2021 and 2022 to 2023 among children younger than 6 months to 1 year.
Health officials are releasing 77,000 more doses, with supply stretched by higher-than-expected demand for the new tool for protecting newborns.
The drug manufacturer said that demand for 100-milligram doses has been higher than anticipated.
The reasons for the shortages include an overreliance on offshore manufacturing, increased demand, and less manufacturing of generic drugs.
The country struggles with low DPT vaccination levels, especially in the outbreak area.
The countries had procured about 916,120 Paxlovid courses, compared with a minimum need for 9,135,953 courses.
The firms analyzed were Cipla, Hikma, Sun Pharma, Teva, and Viatris.
