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Published 07/01/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


Roche offers Tamiflu to developing nations

GENEVA (AFP) Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has announced it is launching a programme to produce and store anti-flu drug Tamiflu pandemic stockpiles for developing countries at a sharply discounted price.

The programme for Tamiflu -- which is one of two drugs recommended...

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...storage services. "Currently only six of the world?s countries listed as low income have a stockpile of Tamiflu which equates to 0.02 percent coverage for low income economies" said David Reddy, Roche's...
Roche offers Tamiflu to developing nations [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/01/2009]
...Force leader. "This programme enables these countries to reserve Tamiflu for pandemic preparedness for their citizens at a significantly reduced price with the cost of purchase spread over the shelf life of the product thus trying to offer access with affordability." He added that the...
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