Signed the Tamiflu production agreement with F. Hofmann-Laroche

In the afternoon of November 10, the Ministry of Health officially announced that it had signed an agreement on the production of Tamiflu with Oseltamivir phosphate in Vietnam with Switzerland's F.Hofmann-Laroche Company.

Prof. Dr. Hoang Thuy Long

Under the agreement, F. Hofmann-Laroche will provide materials and techniques to support the production of the active capsules in Vietnam as soon as possible. F.Hofmann-Laroche is also committed to helping Vietnam implement its drug storage plan, provide treatment and preventive medicine in case of an outbreak in Vietnam.

Prof. Dr. Hoang Thuy Long, member of the National Steering Committee for Type A H5N1 Influenza Prevention said that the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has successfully tested A H5N1 flu vaccine in primate group, and is completing the work. trial of human vaccination to soon progress to the production of A H5N1 type influenza vaccine in humans.

On the same day, two government missions led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan went to check the prevention of avian influenza and human pandemic influenza in Hai Phong and Bac Ninh cities. .