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Swiss drugs company Novartis will not give free vaccines against H1N1 flu to poor countries, though it will consider discounts,… »   

Drugmakers should work together with governments to shield the world from the worst of a flu pandemic, the head of… »   

GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday several European governments had ordered stockpiles of a pandemic vaccine the British drugmaker is developing against… »   

The two drugs used to treat influenza should be used carefully and only when needed for the chronically ill, pregnant… »   

President Barack Obama proposed on Thursday a 19 percent hike in the Food and Drug Administration’s budget to strengthen… »   

Europe’s drug watchdog on Friday recommended that the shelf life of Roche’s Tamiflu should be extended to seven years… »   

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday U.S. health officials are working with vaccine makers to speed… »   

Should global vaccine production be required, then 1 to 2 billion doses could be made to combat the new H1N1… »   

The World Health Organization has asked Roche Holding AG to deploy its so-called rapid response stockpiles of antiviral drug Tamiflu,… »   

The U.S. government expects to have flu vaccines ready for both the new strain of the H1N1 virus and the… »   

U.S. antiviral prescriptions spiked ninefold early this week after last weekend’s media coverage about a possible flu pandemic, according to… »   

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said Wednesday it was working closely with the World Health Organization to make its… »   

Doctors need to stop taking handouts from drug and medical device companies if they want to clean up the… »   

A leading consumer group and a trade association representing major drug companies said on Tuesday they would spend millions to… »   

Ria Pane took her 7-year-old daughter Kezia to a doctor in Jakarta to check on her fever and sore… »