Roche Pharmaceuticals Tamiflu® capsule and packaging

Tamiflu®

Tamiflu from Roche Pharmaceuticals combats viral infections the same way the old Roach Motels fought cockroaches: viruses check into cells, but they don't check out.

Given the difficulties of protecting millions of potential avian flu victims with vaccines, Tamiflu has emerged as an alternative way of protecting people against this disease. These two articles from Etopia Media Medical News Network include a Q & A with Roche Pharmaceuticals about this product and an extensive recorded audio interview with the Medical Director there about the mechanisms by which this anti-viral agent works.

3-25-05: Roche Pharmaceuticals answers some questions about Tamiflu® (Etopia Media Medical News Network #58)

11-3-04: Dr. Dominick Iacuzio, Medical Director at Roche Pharmaceuticals, explains how anti-virals such as Tamiflu® work and how they can provide a more reliable defense against a possible avian influenza pandemic than a strategy relying on vaccination

 

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