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A new, improved Relenza?

Posted on July 31, 2008

Via Bloomberg: Bloomberg.com: Japan href= http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aDCmbqrVxu3M&refer=japan Longer-acting Relenza fights flu as well as Tamiflu, study says. Excerpt:Daiichi Sankyo Co.'s longer-acting version of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's flu drug, Relenza, was as effective as a course of Tamiflu, a patient study found.The safety and efficacy of a single dose of the inhaled medicine was statistically indistinguishable'' from a twice-a- day dose of Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu taken for five days, said Melbourne-based Biota Holdings Ltd., which...

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