Fewer doses of PCV13 could save money – but at what cost?

Dr. Pichichero, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases, is director of the Research Institute, Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital. He is also a pediatrician at Legacy Pediatrics in Rochester. Pfizer, which makes PCV vaccine, has funded an investigator-initiated grant and a postmarketing study to Dr. Pichichero’s institution, and he is the primary investigator of both grants.