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Biota Pharmaceuticals commences Phase 2 trial of laninamivir octanoate
London :: United Kingdom | 7 days ago
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With top-line data expected in mid-2014, the parallel arm study will use a TwinCaps inhaler to deliver the long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor laninamivir octanoate or the placebo into the subjects. Time to easing of influenza symptoms is the primary
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Deadly Antiviral Resistant Flu Appears in China
Shanghai :: China | 21 days ago
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May 29, 2013 Chinese researchers reported the first ever clinically documented case of resistance to the antiviral medication Tamiflu in patients infected with the H7N9 bird flu. In the case of 14 patients admitted to the Shanghai Public Health
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Top stories in health and medicine, May 29, 2013
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 21 days ago
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Patients taking aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin) for prevention after a stroke don't need to stop the drug for dental procedures and probably can stay on it for most other minor medical procedures...Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation might lie behind
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Tamiflu resistance found in some cases of new bird flu
Shanghai :: China | 22 days ago
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Topics A box of Tamiflu is pictured at a Duane Reade pharmacy in New York January 10, 2013. Scientists have established for the first time that a new strain of bird flu which has killed 36 people in China is, in some cases, resistant to
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'Shocking example of incompetence' over stockpiled flu drug Tamiflu
London :: United Kingdom | 29 days ago
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Health officials spent £424 million stockpiling a flu drug that has divided experts over how effective it is, a public spending watchdog found. Around 6.5 million units of the Tamiflu bought by the Department of Health also had to be written off
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Romark begins enrolling patients in Phase 3 trial of NT-300 influenza drug
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
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The trial will enrol 1,400 patients and randomise them with either NT-300, placebo (sugar pill), oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or NT-300 plus oseltamivir. The primary objectives of the study are to demonstrate if NT-300 reduces the duration of symptoms
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Protein changes on virus change strain
Upi :: Philippines | 4 months ago
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The influenza virus continually undergoes slight modifications to the proteins covering its surface, causing the new strains, a Canadian researcher says. Chemistry Professor Andrew Bennet of the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia,
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Drug discovered against flu virus
Montreal :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Simon Fraser University virologist Masahiro Niikura and his doctoral student Nicole Bance are among an international group of scientists that has discovered a new class of molecular compounds capable of killing the influenza virus. Working on the
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Roche's Tamiflu is in short supply
Nutley :: NJ :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Record This year's brutal flu epidemic has hit New Jersey hard, providing a shot in the arm for sales of Tamiflu, a prescription drug approved to alleviate influenza's symptoms. The anti-viral medication is in high demand "due to an early and
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The Go-To Flu Drug, Tamiflu, Might Not Even Be Effective
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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As the flu rages through our population, many people will run to their doctors hoping for the miracle of modern medicine. When doctors see a patient with symptoms of the flu they often prescribe a drug known as Tamiflu, known generically as
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