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The only case from H7N9 flu is by taking Tamiflu
A 4-year-old patient in Shanghai, the only case of health recovery after determining infection with influenza virus H7N9 treated with Tamiflu, a drug to prevent influenz…
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CS-8958 treat influenza virus resistant tamiflu
Japanese scientists have just confirmed, the Japanese government has officially approved the anti-influenza drug produced by the country itself called CS-8958 (laninamiv…
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Vietnam has the ability to recycle Tamiflu which has expired
Dr. Nguyen Van Hung, Deputy Director of the Institute of Chemistry (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) said the institute is conducting the separation of oseltam…
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Counterfeit Tamiflu has appeared on the world market
The German Federal Institute for Medicine and Medical Products has warned customers about the emergence of fake Tamiflu bird flu medication on the world market when orde…
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Japan reviewed Tamiflu-related deaths
Japanese health officials will open a new investigation on the link between Tamiflu flu medication and unusual behavior in people who have used the drug after recent dea…
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Asian rehearsal against bird flu
From 2 April to 3 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners in Asia will conduct an anti-bird exercise to test Asia's ability to cope with the evolutio…
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Detection of Tamiflu resistant virus
Japanese researchers on April 4 said they have found a virus resistant to the Tamiflu drug from type B flu and the virus is capable of spreading from person to person. T…
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Vaccine is resistant to bird flu
Scientists at GlaxoSmithKline in Hong Kong say they have successfully tested a vaccine against bird flu with a very small dose. The second test of this vaccine showed th…
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Vietnam continues to study the production of anti-avian influenza drugs
Despite the latest information regarding Tamiflu resistance - the most effective drug currently tested in bird flu prevention - from two deaths in Egypt, Vietnamese scie…
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WHO: Tamiflu drug is expired
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poor Asian countries are facing a dilemma about whether to store Tamiflu when their countries' drug depots are about to…
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H5N1 deformed in Egypt
The World Health Organization, WHO, said that in the last two cases of H5N1 human avian influenza in Egypt last month there was a deformed virus that reduced the effecti…
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Detection of genetically modified H5N1 virus
Scientists have found genetically modified strains of bird flu in two patients in Egypt. They are resistant to drugs commonly used to treat bird flu, World Health Organi…
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Tamiflu can cause mental problems
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued another warning for Tamiflu bird flu medication after more than 100 Japanese patients had some mental problems due to th…
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Tamiflu makes H5N1 virus change?
The Thai Ministry of Health has just said that the bird flu virus has changed more complicated than before, making it harder for people to detect. Initial tests of two r…
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WHO placed drug company Tamiflu on alert
The most recent Indonesian victim died of bird flu, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday to put drug manufacturer Tamiflu, Roche, on alert: hoardin…