Notice of Vaccine Waiver Child and Adult Updated - 5-9-2017.doc

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Department of Public Health

250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108-4619

Tel: 617-624-5200

Fax: 617-624-5206 www.mass.gov/dph

DEVAL L. PATRICK

GOVERNOR

JOHN W. POLANOWICZ

SECRETARY

CHERYL BARTLETT, RN

COMMISSIONER

This is an update to the original notices NOTVAC01 and NOTVAC02 that the Department of Public Health’s, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences (BIDLS) posted on COMMBUYS to update the list of Vendors that they purchase vaccines from. BIDLS plans to purchase vaccines for their pediatric and adult immunization program from a list of vendors approved by the CDC. This program has been in place since the inception of the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program in 2004 and is currently authorized by Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2014. It has enabled the Commonwealth to purchase vaccines at the lowest available pricing that is made available to the CDC by the vaccine manufacturers. The vaccine manufacturers directly contract with CDC without using third party wholesalers ensuring the lowest pricing available and guaranteeing direct access to vaccine supply. Vaccines purchased thru this mechanism are distributed via the CDC’s McKesson vaccine distribution contract at no additional cost to the Commonwealth.

The contracts for the purchase of pediatric vaccines for the Vaccine For Children and Adult Program are:

· GlaxoSmithKline LLC

· Merck Sharp & Dohme

· Pfizer, Inc.

· Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics

· Sanofi

· Seqirus USA, Inc.