UK government doubles pandemic flu drug stockpiles

摘要

The UK government is to double emergency supplies of flu drugs to treat everyone who is predicted to fall ill in a pandemic. Contracts awarded to Roche and GlaxoSmithKline will double anti- viral stockpiles, which are expected to be in place by April. An addi- tional 7.6 million treatment courses of Tamiflu (oseltamivir, Roche) and 10.6m treatment courses of Relenza (zanamivir, GlaxoSmithKline) will be delivered, bringing the total number of antiviral treatment courses to 33.5m.