Thursday, August 13, 2009

India has access only to Tamiflu for swine flu treatment

Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir) are the two drugs prescribed to treat swine flu caused by the H1N1 virus. But India has access only to Tamiflu (oseltamivir), though the mode of action for both the drugs is to block the viral receptors infecting the healthy cells.

The details can be read here.

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