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Tamiflu: New regimen to treat H5N1 flu
Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia were selected to adjust Tamiflu treatment regimen in patients with A / H5N1 type influenza virus and other serious flu. The new regimen i…
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Do not rely too much on Tamiflu
In the British journal Lancet, experts say there is no evidence that the current top-line anti-influenza drug is completely effective against the H5N1 virus and may be r…
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Tamiflu for local medicine
The Ministry of Health has decided to allocate more than 420,000 Tamiflu tablets to the reserves of 64 provinces, affiliated agencies and line ministries. Deputy Ministe…
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The H5N1 virus has resisted Tamiflu
At first, a 13-year-old bird flu patient seemed lucky when she had only mild inflammation on one side of her lungs and was treated immediately with Tamiflu. However, aft…
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Anise is a raw material for Tamiflu
Anise fruit is becoming the savior of countries with avian influenza because it is the main ingredient for making Tamiflu antiviral drug. In Vietnam, it was planted in t…
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Roche explained about two deaths related to Tamiflu
Roche said that in the first death, the patient was initially prescribed amantadine (an antiviral drug that treats influenza with side effects on the central nervous sys…
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FDA investigates the side effects of Tamiflu
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun investigating whether there is a link between the use of Tamiflu and the deaths of 12 Japanese children in Japanese M…
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Tamiflu is not safe for children?
The US Food and Drug Safety Agency raised concerns about the safety of using anti-Tamiflu drugs in children. In a memorandum published on November 17, 2005, the agency s…
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China has the same drug Tamiflu
Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said the Tamiflu-like drug was effective in treating bird flu. One of the basic ingredients o…
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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 V…
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Roche increased production of Tamiflu
Roche Holding AG has announced that it will increase Tamiflu pharmaceutical production to 300 million doses per year from now until 2007, to meet the needs of preparing…
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Ho Chi Minh City: scarcity of Tamiflu is just fake!
In response to the needs of the units, Yteco has sent a dispatch to Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to propose the Roche Company to support Yteco to buy Tamiflu me…
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Tamiflu produced by VN will be provided for free
Director of Drug Administration Department Cao Minh Quang said that Vietnam produces Tamiflu for non-commercial purposes. Therefore, it will be allocated free to treatme…
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10% of Vietnam's population will be infected with H5N1, if ...
The recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) on human pandemic influenza is likely to become a reality in Vietnam. In that case, please be aware that the di…
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Some insights about bird flu and Tamiflu (oseltamivir)
Why is it called bird flu? As a bird flu virus; These viruses are naturally found in birds. Wild birds worldwide carry the virus in the gastrointestinal tract but often…