Tag Archives: Tamiflu

UK: Swine Flu ‘Backlash’ Continues

By Julian Upton | Published: August 11, 2009
Barely two weeks after the pricing and profit margins of Big Pharma’s swine flu vaccines and anti-virals were the subject of the critical spotlight in the UK media, Roche’s Tamiflu (oseltamivir) has come under scrutiny, fuelled by articles in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and The Lancet Infectious Diseases questioning the drug’s effectiveness in young [...]
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Phony Tamiflu Sites Spike in Wake of Swine Flu

By George Koroneos | Published: May 27, 2009
In the wake of the swine flu craze, at least 55 Web sites have sprung up in the last few weeks selling Tamiflu. That’s according to a new report by data firm MarkMonitor. Two of the pharmacies are certified—one in the US and one in the UK—and six of the pharmacies are actually using the [...]
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