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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/10/millions-dollars-wasted-on-flu-drug-tamiflu-review-finds/
Researchers who have fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said on Thursday that governments who stockpile it are wasting billions of dollars on a drug whose effectiveness is in doubt.
In a review of trial data on Tamiflu, and on GlaxoSmithKline's flu drug Relenza, scientists from the respected research network the Cochrane Review said that while the medicines can shorten flu symptoms by around half a day, there is no good evidence behind claims they cut hospital admissions or lessen complications of the disease.
"There is no credible way these drugs could prevent a pandemic," said Carl Heneghan, one of the lead investigators of the review and a professor of evidence-based medicine at Britain's Oxford University.
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http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?26873-Cow-Government-has-1mil-Tamiflu-doses
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
AsiaOne
Government has 1mil Tamiflu doses: Khaw
if each is $100, that is a whole load of bulllock gone down the drain.
Researchers who have fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said on Thursday that governments who stockpile it are wasting billions of dollars on a drug whose effectiveness is in doubt.
In a review of trial data on Tamiflu, and on GlaxoSmithKline's flu drug Relenza, scientists from the respected research network the Cochrane Review said that while the medicines can shorten flu symptoms by around half a day, there is no good evidence behind claims they cut hospital admissions or lessen complications of the disease.
"There is no credible way these drugs could prevent a pandemic," said Carl Heneghan, one of the lead investigators of the review and a professor of evidence-based medicine at Britain's Oxford University.
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http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?26873-Cow-Government-has-1mil-Tamiflu-doses
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
AsiaOne
Government has 1mil Tamiflu doses: Khaw
if each is $100, that is a whole load of bulllock gone down the drain.
