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Damning review of swine flu drug
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 22 hours ago
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Tamiflu has cast doubts on its usefulness in preventing serious illness, and led to accusations that manufacturer Roche withheld trial data from researchers. And experts say the review raises questions about the entire system by which drugs are evaluated,...
Tags: Tamiflu, Japan, Tōkyō, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Antiviral drug, Pandemics, Swine influenza, flu pandemic, Oseltamivir, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Influenza pandemic
British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths. Researchers at the Cochrane Review, a...
Tags: Tamiflu, swine flu, flu drug, Roche, drug tamiflu, United Kingdom, London, Oseltamivir, Influenza, Health Medical Pharma, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Pandemics, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Influenza pandemic, Animal virology, Zanamivir, Norbert Bischofberger, Tamiflu resistance in the 2009 flu pandemic, Social Issues, Influenza treatment, Gilead Sciences, Epidemiology, Antiviral drug, Hoffmann￢ﾀﾓLa Roche
New swine flu fighter discovered
Researchers at Hokkaido University said Thursday they have found a combination of substances that is effective at combating swine flu.The group led by professor Tadaaki Miyazaki of the university's Research Center for Zoonosis Control found that a combination...
Tags: Health Medical Pharma, swine flu, Tadaaki Miyazaki, health, Japan, Tajimi, Epidemics, flu pandemic, Zanamivir, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Oseltamivir, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Tamiflu, Influenza
H1N1 could boost antibiotic prescriptions, creating more drug resistance
Regina :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility Infectious disease experts worry the H1N1 virus will drive a surge in antibiotic prescribing, potentially leading to more drug-resistant organisms. As Canada enters the normal peak season for flu, doctors are facing a perennial problem: how to distinguish...
Tags: bacterial infections, Dr. Julia Greig, Dr. Allison McGeer, Tamiflu, infectious disease, Canada, Regina
Amid probe, pharmacies cut back on liquid Tamiflu price
McLean :: VA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Walgreens has reduced its prices by nearly 20% and CVS nearly 10% for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu amid state investigations into potential price gouging. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal still questions whether the pharmacy...
Tags: USA TODAY Walgreens, Tamiflu, attorney general, CVS, Richard Blumenthal, McLean, Medical prescription, Virtual pharmacy, Walgreens, Pharmacy, Oseltamivir, Rite Aid
The decade that changed medicine
London :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility When Isabelle Dinoire underwent the world's first face transplant in November 2005, a surgical Rubicon was crossed. Until then, surgeons had been unsure whether the human immune system would reject a new face (skin provokes one of the strongest immune...
Tags: Tamiflu, face transplants, stem cells, drug companies, cancers drug, cervical cancers, Herceptin, Nice, clinical trial, London, Health Medical Pharma, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Pathology, Viral diseases, Pandemics, Influenza vaccine, Papillomavirus, Influenza pandemic, Cancer
South Korea reports first Tamiflu-resistant flu case
Seoul :: South Korea | 9 days ago
Credibility Health authorities on Monday reported South Korea's first case of H1N1 flu that was resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, and called for extra precautions against any future cases. The health ministry said in a statement that it found a Tamiflu-resistant...
Tags: South Korea, Tamiflu, Seoul, Influenza, flu pandemic in Asia, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Zanamivir, Oseltamivir, Tamiflu resistance in the 2009 flu pandemic
Kids forced to take adult Tamiflu
Tachikawa :: Japan | 11 days ago
Credibility Doctors and pharmacists are racking their brains to work out creative formulas to cope with shortages of Tamiflu influenza treatment for small children, the age group mainly hit by the H1N1 swine flu epidemic. Tamiflu for small children is administered...
Tags: Tamiflu, dry syrup, Kazutaka Hosoda, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Japan, Tachikawa, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Influenza treatment, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Pandemics, flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic, Oseltamivir
Cyber-criminals cashing in with online pharmacies
Moscow :: Russia | 12 days ago
Credibility Despite repeated warnings, people eager to protect themselves against a range of diseases, such as swine flu, are shopping at fake online pharmacies with names such as Canadian Pharmacy or European Pharmacy. The sites, which even carry forged copies of...
Tags: online pharmacies, Tamiflu, Russian, Sophos, swine flu, Canada, Russia, Moscow, Pharmaceuticals policy, Online pharmacy, Healthcare, Pharmacies, Virtual pharmacy, Healthcare in the United States, Technology Internet, Drugs, Oseltamivir
N.S. mulls including sleeping pills in monitor program
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility A 46-year-old man with no underlying medical conditions is Nova Scotia's sixth death related to the swine flu virus. Nova Scotia is deciding whether to include tranquillizers and sleeping pills in the list of drugs it tracks under a prescription monitoring...
Tags: swine flu, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Nova Scotia, United States, Tamiflu, Britain, isolated cases, flu virus, The World Health Organization, United Kingdom, London, flu pandemic, Pandemics, Swine influenza, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Oseltamivir, Tamiflu resistance in the 2009 flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic, Animal virology, Epidemics, Health in the United States, Neuraminidase inhibitors, Influenza vaccine, Vaccines, Keiji Fukuda, Politics, flu pandemic in the United States by state, Social Issues, Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality
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