Smaller strength capsules provide convenient alternative for management of seasonal and pandemic influenza in children Roche announced today that the European Commission has approved smaller child ...

Confusing directions on liquid suspensions of the antiviral drug Tamiflu may inadvertently cause parents to give either too little of the drug, impeding the child’s recovery, or a toxic overdose, ...

The FDA has added one formulation of Tamiflu to its list of drugs in short supply. The listing is for just the 12mg/ml 25-ml oral suspension for children. The supply of 75-, 45- and 30-mg Tamiflu ...

There are no benefits from giving patients with severe flu a double dose of Roche's drug Tamiflu, despite calls by some experts for the use of higher doses in the most serious cases. That verdict from ...

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ZURICH, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday it had filed its flu drug Tamiflu for approval in smaller doses in Europe, mainly for use in children, and would do the same in the ...

Alembic Pharmaceuticals is introducing its generic Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate capsules. The generic is indicated to treat acute, uncomplicated influenza A and B in patients 2 weeks of age and ...

Sept. 26 -- FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have issued a public health alert to pharmacists and pediatricians about potential dosing errors involving liquid Tamiflu for ...

PINE BROOK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Alvogen has launched the first generic equivalent to Tamiflu® (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules in the United States. Alvogen expects the generic equivalent to ...

Federal health advisers are looking into the deaths of 12 Japanese children who took Tamiflu, part of their annual safety review of the anti-flu medication and seven other drugs. There are no reports ...

AMID ominous signs that H5N1 bird flu is acquiring the ability to spread more readily among people, many health authorities are pinning their hopes on Tamiflu, the only available antiviral drug known ...