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yielddude

10/11/05 10:00 PM

#4316 RE: stock_peeker #4315

stockpeeker, nice summary ...

Anti-Virals
Tamiflu - Roche. Also Gilead licenesed to Roche, and is going to court trying to get it back, claiming Roche did not effectively market it.

Relenza - I think GSK, and I believe also licensed from another co., can't think of it at them moment

Off-Patent Amantitidines, effective against some strains
Symmetrel (Endo)
Flumandine (Forrest Labs)

Mutations will continue, and other anti-virals will be effective against different strains

GL,
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bbotcs

10/11/05 11:03 PM

#4317 RE: stock_peeker #4315

stock-peeker:

Thanks for explaining the difference between vaccines and antivirals. That really was a good post.

There have been threats of a pandemic for years now, and the U.S. Government has basically sat on its hands. Ironically, Katrina may turn out to be a storm that saves millions of lives by causing the politicians to finally face the fact that the U.S. is not prepared for disasters.

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