Report says there is a lack of reliable data on how well Tamiflu works in the community,after missed opportunity during swine flu outbreakNew trials are urgently needed to set up whether the anti-flu drug Tamiflu would help save lives in a pandemic, experts possess said.
Flu pandemics are highly dangerous, and with the potential to kill millions around the world. Each winter in the UK,hundreds die of flu. Yet the drugs available to treat people, of which the best known and most widely used is Tamiflu, or appear to possess only a modest effect and possess only been tested on seasonal flu,according to a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Wellcome Trust.
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Source: theguardian.com