Disappointment as 320,000 doses of MMR vaccine expire while $40 million catch-up struggles

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Disappointment as 320,000 doses of MMR vaccine expire while $40 million catch-up struggles

By Jonathan Chilton-Towle
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About 320,000 MMR vaccines will be destroyed after they were not used

A campaign targeting youth who missed out on MMR vaccination is set to end in large-scale wastage, Pharmacy Today journalist Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Pharmacist advocates of the MMR vaccination catch-up campaign say it is a shame that about 320,000 doses of the vaccine will be consigned to the dustb