Cow purchased millions of dozes of Tamiflu during Swine Flu H1N1, squandering millions of dollars. And did they get used for anything useful? NOPE!
What did Tamiflu do in the end?
The answer is here! They had used it in TTSH WRONGLY and produced the SINGAPORE H1N1 SUPERBUG - not Indian Superbug but made here in TTSH!
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapor...Star-boffins-make-startling-Tamiflu-discovery
A*Star boffins make startling Tamiflu discovery
05:55 AM Sep 17, 2010
SINGAPORE - Doctors may now have to be extra careful when administering Tamiflu to H1N1 patients.
A study by a group of Singapore doctors and researchers has discovered that flu patients can develop resistance to Tamiflu in two days.
This startling discovery was made by Dr Timothy Barkham, a senior consultant in laboratory medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, after a previously healthy 28-year-old patient displayed resistance within 48 hours after she was given Tamiflu.
The mutant H1N1 strain was not present in the patient at the initial point of infection.
Dr Barkham said although increasing numbers of drug-resistant strains of pandemic flu are being reported, most of the early examples had been found in immunosuppressed patients who have a weak immune system.
Also, the reported cases had taken four to 14 days of treatment to develop the resistance, said Dr Barkham.
The researchers warned that doctors should consider this possibility when patients who are seriously ill with flu fail to respond to treatment for H1N1, as their study shows the resistance could evolve almost overnight.
Dr Barkham said: "As with all antimicrobial medicines, we should not give patients anti-viral drugs unless it is really necessary."
He noted that anti-virals are likely to be most effective for severe flus but may have limited benefits in mild infections.
The research was supported by three Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) institutes: the Experimental Therapeutics Centre, the Genome Institute of Singapore, and the Bioinformatics Institute.
Chairman of A*Star's Biomedical Research Council, Professor Sir George Radda, said: "This is a great example of how A*Star's institutes contributed their expertise and worked together with clinicians to fight against a deadly virus." Ong Dai Lin
What did Tamiflu do in the end?
The answer is here! They had used it in TTSH WRONGLY and produced the SINGAPORE H1N1 SUPERBUG - not Indian Superbug but made here in TTSH!
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapor...Star-boffins-make-startling-Tamiflu-discovery
A*Star boffins make startling Tamiflu discovery
05:55 AM Sep 17, 2010
SINGAPORE - Doctors may now have to be extra careful when administering Tamiflu to H1N1 patients.
A study by a group of Singapore doctors and researchers has discovered that flu patients can develop resistance to Tamiflu in two days.
This startling discovery was made by Dr Timothy Barkham, a senior consultant in laboratory medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, after a previously healthy 28-year-old patient displayed resistance within 48 hours after she was given Tamiflu.
The mutant H1N1 strain was not present in the patient at the initial point of infection.
Dr Barkham said although increasing numbers of drug-resistant strains of pandemic flu are being reported, most of the early examples had been found in immunosuppressed patients who have a weak immune system.
Also, the reported cases had taken four to 14 days of treatment to develop the resistance, said Dr Barkham.
The researchers warned that doctors should consider this possibility when patients who are seriously ill with flu fail to respond to treatment for H1N1, as their study shows the resistance could evolve almost overnight.
Dr Barkham said: "As with all antimicrobial medicines, we should not give patients anti-viral drugs unless it is really necessary."
He noted that anti-virals are likely to be most effective for severe flus but may have limited benefits in mild infections.
The research was supported by three Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) institutes: the Experimental Therapeutics Centre, the Genome Institute of Singapore, and the Bioinformatics Institute.
Chairman of A*Star's Biomedical Research Council, Professor Sir George Radda, said: "This is a great example of how A*Star's institutes contributed their expertise and worked together with clinicians to fight against a deadly virus." Ong Dai Lin
