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Relenza

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First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 6 Documents
Four patients with H1N1 influenza at Duke University Hospital in Durham,N.C., were resistant to Tamiflu, university officials confirmed Friday.A team of experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the North Carolina Public Health Department, ... [UPI - 4 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)
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Andrew Witty
Andrew WittyBritish drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Plc is planning to move part of its flu drug Relenza manufacture to China to better support the local market. 'I hope that we will be able to shift some Relenza manufacture to China to make our products ... [CHINAdaily - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)
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World Health Organization
Business ReportGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) donates 50 million doses of its adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine to the WHO for distribution to developing countries and the World Health Organisation (WHO).An agreement signing to this effect was recently ... [The New Nation - 8 hours ago]
First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.But they stressed that influenza, especially a pandemic, could hit several peaks in a single season. They said weeks or months more ... [Yahoo! News - 5 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
::: Home Search Search News 11/19/2009 (Taipei Times)The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Wednesday overturned its decision regarding urgent medical treatment for a 10-year-old boy suffering from A(H1N1) influenza whose medical condition makes the ... [MyEGov Taiwan - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Maine Government NewsGovernor's OfficeAUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today renewed a Proclamation of Civil Emergency Due to a Highly Infectious Agent. The original proclamation was signed on Sept. 1, with renewed proclamations signed Sept. 30 and ... [Maine.gov - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Swine Flu PhotosGraphic: How flu vaccines get to youPhotosIn photos: The swine flu scare of 1976MultimediaFocus on Swine Flu: How H1N1 Affects YouQuiz: What's your Flu I.Q.?How Relenza and Tamiflu fight influenzaXExamining the virusStoriesH1N1: Memphis ... [Baltimore Sun - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents
ChinaBio Today -- GlaxoSmithKline will begin manufacturing its treatment for flu, Relenza, in China to supply China’s domestic market. GSK received approval of the drug in September from the SFDA. Relenza, like Tamiflu from Roche, aims at reducing both ... [BioSpace - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 5 Documents (in Health)
Asia will receive a stockpile of 500,000 courses of H1N1 flu drugs by April next year to supplement any shortfall in the region, an official with a Japanese donor agency said on Tuesday.The $18 million stockpile is funded by the Japan Trust Fund and is ... [Post Chronicle - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)
LONDON - CRIMINAL gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. How the gangs work * Criminal gangs are operating medicines websites branded as the 'Canadian ... [Straits Times - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)
An anti-flu drug marketed for adults may have saved the life of a 4-year-old British girl seriously sickened by H1N1 swine flu, her doctor said.Jessie Flewker, of Deal, Kent, England, suffered potentially deadly brain swelling and was put in a drug-induced ... [OfficialWire - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 4 Documents (in Health)
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical ... [Pharmacy Choice - 11/16/2009]

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...Daniel Sexton, director of the Duke infection control outreach network, said in a statement. "Our extensive investigation thus far has revealed that appropriate infection control procedures have been diligently practiced on this isolated unit, and throughout the hospital, and we have experienced no illness among employees taking care of these patients in the affected unit over this period of time." CDC reported that all confirmed cases of oseltamivir-resistant virus to date have been susceptible to zanamivir, or Relenza, a second anti-viral medication...
...said on Friday it was taking the development of a Tamiflu-resistant strain seriously but it would continue to offer the antiviral to all patients. "Our strategy to offer anti-virals to all patients with swine flu is the right one, to help prevent complications and reduce the severity of the illness" the Department of Health said in a statement. The H1N1 virus has so far killed 214 people in the United Kingdom...
...Margaret Chan, Director General, WHO. "WHO will now work to see that these vaccines are distributed to those who need them." In addition to this agreement on vaccines, GSK continues to have discussions with the WHO about a donation of its antiviral medicine, Relenza...

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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to Manufacture Flu Treatm... [BioSpace - 2 hours ago]
Mutation in swine flu virus in Norway [Sky News Australia - 4 hours ago]
Swine flu may have hit peak, but not over yet [MSNBC - 4 hours ago]
H1N1 may have [MSNBC - 4 hours ago]
Four cases of H1N1 Tamiflu resistant [UPI - 4 hours ago]
Govt. probes transmission of drug-resistant swi... [Yahoo! Canada - 4 hours ago]
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come ... [Yahoo! News - 4 hours ago]
Drug resistant swine flu found in U.S. and U.K. [USA Today - 5 hours ago]
Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters) [Yahoo! News - 5 hours ago]
Swine Flu Declining in Some Parts of U.S. [Forbes.com - 5 hours ago]
UPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, report... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 5 hours ago]
CDC Confirms Four New Cases of Oseltamivir (Tam... [DukeHealth.org - 6 hours ago]
CDC: 4 people in NC test positive for Tamiflu-r... [Chicago Tribune - 6 hours ago]
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu found in N.C. hospital [USA Today - 6 hours ago]
INFLUENZA H1N1: WHO says mutation found in viru... [France24 - 6 hours ago]
Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO [AFP via Yahoo! - 6 hours ago]
Drug resistant swine flu spreading [Sunday Star Times - 7 hours ago]
CDC: Swine flu cases appear to be dropping in U... [Baltimore Sun - 7 hours ago]
WHO: Mutated H1N1 Virus In Norway Sensitive To ... [Morningstar.com - 8 hours ago]
Health officials investigate spread of drug res... [Reuters UK - 8 hours ago]
UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu [Interactive Investor International - 8 hours ago]
GSK to donate 50 million doses of H1N1 vaccine ... [The New Nation - 8 hours ago]
GSK donates flu vaccine to the WHO [Pharmaceutical Technology - 19 hours ago]
As Vaccine Remains Scarce, H1N1 Flu Continues t... [Maine.gov - 11/19/2009]
Governor Renews Civil Emergency Order to Fight Flu [Maine.gov - 11/19/2009]
Centers for Disease Control overturn ruling on ... [MyEGov Taiwan - 11/19/2009]
GSK may shift some Relenza to mainland [CHINAdaily - 11/19/2009]
GSK may shift some Relenza manufacturing to mai... [CHINAdaily - 11/19/2009]
Experimental swine flu drug used on boy [China Post - 11/19/2009]
Influenza levels in Bulgaria decrease as inocul... [Sofia Echo - 11/18/2009]
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Ukraine WHO and the Geopolitics of Swine Flu Panic [The Market Oracle - 11/13/2009]
AM By: F_William_Engdahl Latest reports of what is being called a deadly Swine Flu outbreak in Ukraine according to on sight reports appear to be a political concoction ...
Health officials cite growing flu alarm in Asia [H5N1 - 11/13/2009]
Via the New York Times: Health Officials Cite Growing Flu Alarm in Asian Nations. Excerpt:Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Ukraine, Afghanistan ...
Bulgaria: Six deaths, 100,000 cases [H5N1 - 11/07/2009]
Via the Sofia Echo: Influenza update: sixth death in Bulgaria, Sofia schools face suspended classes. Excerpt:Swine flu claimed the sixth death in Bulgaria. The deceased, ...
Ukraine: Pandemic politics [H5N1 - 11/06/2009]
Via the Kyiv Post, a long, discouraging article: Pandemic politics. Excerpt:Early warning signs of the epidemic came between Oct. 12-18 from health workers in Ternopil ...
Kate Kelly: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? W... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/03/2009]
As Americans we have little memory of days when our loved ones could be snatched away from us by a contagious illness. We watch our friends and relatives ...
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