Monday, September 7, 2009
Roche:"Few cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu"
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Monday that it has had reports of 13 cases of pandemic swine flu becoming resistant to Tamiflu, which it calls a very low percentage.A good sign is that the people who had the resistant strain have not passed the disease on to other people, said David Reddy, leader of Roche's Tamiflu pandemic task force. And the resistant variety has been like the widespread version of the virus in that it typically produces only mild symptoms.The 13 cases were scattered around the world in Europe, the United States and Asia, said Reddy....
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