Flu drug loses some of punch
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist
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A study in Japan suggests influenza is becoming resistant to drugs -- such as Relenza and Tamiflu -- designed to treat the virus. Researchers found that of 50 children admitted to a Japan hospital with the
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New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didnât work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this yearâs shortage, experts say.
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TORONTO - An anti-flu drug will remain a frontline defence against the virus, despite a new study that found more childhood cases of resistance than expected, an influenza expert with the World Health Organization said Friday.
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The unexpected flu vaccine shortage is thrusting a class of powerful virus-fighting drugs into a sudden spotlight. For more than a quarter century, doctors have turned to antiviral medications
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A fragment of a human protein that blocks influenza viruses -- including avian flu -- from attaching to and infecting cells holds promise if laboratory experiments are borne out, researchers said on Wednesday.
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The flu bug appears to develop a rapid resistance to one of the drugs envisioned as a front-line defence against the next major influenza pandemic.
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Iomai Corp. said yesterday that its flu vaccine skin patch did not perform as well as the standard injection in recent early stage testing.
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Prospects of losing half of the US flu vaccine came as a surprise to the US Food and Drug Administration last week, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
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The flu shot shortage offers some food for thought for investors.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Chiron&#39;s shares sank 8 percent Friday after two analyst downgrades sparked by news that shipments of Fluvirin, the company&#39;s flu vaccine, will be delayed because some doses are contaminated.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals is losing money. But it has at least one drug that makes the future look brighter.
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New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didn&#39;t work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this year&#39;s shortage, experts say.
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A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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Few companies make flu vaccines because they say they are more trouble than they are worth. By DAVID BROWN. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals doesn&#39;t make flu shots anymore, and it doesn&#39;t miss them.
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New research suggests that the flu vaccine supply can be stretched by giving younger people smaller doses of the vaccine -- but it doesn&#39;t work on older people.
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The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs which are used to treat it, a study suggests. Doctors in Japan carried out tests on 50 children who were admitted to hospital with flu in 2002 and 2003.