http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...flu-scientists
This real worry for us as it evolved into more dangerious strain. Fact cases in australia not had tamiflu found there strain is resistant to tamiflu.
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Increasing numbers of cases of swine flu are being detected that are resistant to Tamiflu, the drug the UK and rest of the world stockpiled to fight a pandemic, according to scientists calling for greater global monitoring.
Even more worryingly, these strains of flu are appearing in patients who have never been treated with the drug, which means the strains are able to pass from one human to another.
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Drug companies still refusing to reveal data on the only drug which has short term restance to this strain.
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Tamiflu, generic name oseltamivir, is one of the few treatments available for pandemic swine flu, although it is thought to be of limited effectiveness. The reluctance of the manufacturer Roche to release all the trial data has made it difficult to ascertain how limited. Nonetheless the drug can save lives if used early in the course of the illness.
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Should we force them to hand over data on ground health concerns.