Bird Flu - Archives
Philippines
The Headline
Says It All
Bird
Flu Virus That Is Drug-Resistant Is Found in Vietnamese Girl
Washington Post
In other drug
developments:
The
Philippine Department of Health has urged local drug manufacturers to
try to make their own versions of Tamiflu. [Health Undersecretary Alex]
Padilla said the
Bureau of Food and Drugs would issue a certificate of product registration
authorizing the sale of a locally produced vaccine in the Philippine market.
Its up to (Roche) to file a complaint.
Sanofi-Pasteur is to begin clinical trials in (northern) spring 2006 of
its vaccine.
Two bloggers,
Stephen Gordon and
Andrew Sullivan, call for Roche to be forced to allow generic production
of Tamiflu. Says Sullivan: "We have no time to waste."
October 15th, 2005
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