Doctors Query Ability Of Tamiflu To Stop Severe Illness

Tamiflu tablets may shorten bouts of illness by a day or two, reviewers say.
Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

From The Guardian:

Review published in British Medical Journal accuses flu drug manufacturer Roche of withholding evidence from trials.

Roche, the manufacturer of Tamiflu, has made it impossible for scientists to assess how well the anti-flu drug stockpiled around the globe works by withholding the evidence the company has gained from trials, doctors alleged today .

A major review of what data there is in the public domain has found no evidence Tamiflu can prevent healthy people with flu from suffering complications such as pneumonia.

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