Staph vaccine on it's way to the baby schedule again

[mamakay]

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/...ters-phase-ii/

Merck & Co <MRK.N> has started a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate a vaccine candidate against Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Lessening these would involve some form of population-based vaccination with one US expert venturing that a Staph vaccine should be on the pediatric schedule.

How it works (a lesson from rotavirus) about how the vax manufacturers work things out with the ACIP:
(meaning: "we either get it added to the baby schedule, or we won't make the product at all")

the manufacturer stated that it would not market RRV-TV without a universal recommendation for RRV-TV

[Ophelia]

Again? When was it on the schedule before?

(meaning: "we either get it added to the baby schedule, or we won't make the product at all")

My understanding is that the same thing happened with the CP vax, and probably others that I am not aware of.

[momofmine]

That is really screwy. That is absolute financial pressure from the pharmaceutical companies. That should be ILLEGAL! Why don't they see this as a major conflict of interest, when a business is determining the vaccine schedule?

I just don't get it.