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[The LABVIRUS.COM Blog] Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has begun asking major pharmacies for details about their Tamiflu pricing policies as part of an investigation into complaints of erratic and excessive prices for the flu drug. Blumenthal has asked CVS Caremark Corporation, Rite Aid Corporation and Walgreen Co., for immediate information, including details abou […]
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[The LABVIRUS.COM Blog] Dr. Jeffrey Taubenberger reports in NIH Bulletin New York swine ...: In fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, the virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, much like the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics, report researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. The scientists reviewed autopsy reports, hospital records and other clinical data from 34 people who died of 2009 H1N1 influenza infection between May 15 and July 9, 2009.
[legitgov] Citizens For Legitimate Government: Flu victim exhumed after 85 years 30 Jan 2004 Scientists are preparing to exhume the body of a woman who died of flu 85 years ago to find out how the virus killed millions across Europe. Phyllis Burn died aged 20 in 1918, a victim of the 20th Century's worst flu epidemic, which killed more than 50 million people.
[Survival Monkey Forums] Tamiflu and Star Anise... Antiviral for Avian Flu Treatment ...: Shikimic acid is first converted to a diethyl ketal intermediate, which is then reduced in 2 steps to an epoxide that is finally transformed to Tamiflu in 5 subsequent steps, 3 of which involve highly toxic explosive azide intermediates.13 Despite this apparent complexity, it was reported in the November 3rd edition of the Wall Street Journal Asia14 that Roches claim as to the difficulty of producing Tamiflu is greatly exaggerated. Rather than the claimed full year required for synthesis from shikimic acid, Taiwans National Health Research Institutes claims to have produced a small quantity of the antiviral in 18 days!
[Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor] RGE - "I am not Dr Doom: I am Dr Realist": Interview with Newsweek ...: Their rewards could be handsome: up to $400m in TALF-related fees alone, reckons Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's attorney-general. He has launched an antitrust probe and accuses the Fed of “rewarding the same companies that helped burn down the house”.
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