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Government site.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/influenza/avian_e.html#9
I was actually trying to find out how many doses of Tamiflu medicine Canada has ordered? Stockpiled? could'nt find that info.
US news
While there is no vaccine to stop the flu, there is one medicine to treat it. Called Tamiflu, it is made by the Roche pharmaceutical company in Switzerland. Roche has been selling Tamiflu for years.
Only recently, however, did scientists learn of its potential to work against the killer flu, H5N1. That has since created a huge demand and a critical shortage.
"All of the wealthiest countries in the world are trying to purchase stockpiles of Tamiflu," says Garrett. "Our current stockpile is around 2.5 million courses of treatment."
According to Leavitt, that is a long way from the country's ideal stockpile. "Our objective is to have 20 million doses of Tamiflu or enough for 20 million people," he says.
He later admitted that only 2 million are currently on hand, but asserted that no other country is in a better position.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/influenza/avian_e.html#9
I was actually trying to find out how many doses of Tamiflu medicine Canada has ordered? Stockpiled? could'nt find that info.
US news
While there is no vaccine to stop the flu, there is one medicine to treat it. Called Tamiflu, it is made by the Roche pharmaceutical company in Switzerland. Roche has been selling Tamiflu for years.
Only recently, however, did scientists learn of its potential to work against the killer flu, H5N1. That has since created a huge demand and a critical shortage.
"All of the wealthiest countries in the world are trying to purchase stockpiles of Tamiflu," says Garrett. "Our current stockpile is around 2.5 million courses of treatment."
According to Leavitt, that is a long way from the country's ideal stockpile. "Our objective is to have 20 million doses of Tamiflu or enough for 20 million people," he says.
He later admitted that only 2 million are currently on hand, but asserted that no other country is in a better position.
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