| Cipla launches generic drug to treat H1N1 | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Indian drug major Cipla has launched generic versions of anti-flu drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir in the local market to treat the H1N1 influenza, which is spreading across the globe and in India. |
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| 37 H1N1 patients in J&K, 11 army men | 21-OCT-09 |
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| Two more army jawans tested positive for swine flu here today, raising the total number of people affected by the disease so far to 37 in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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| Swine flu drug at Apollo Pharmacy | 21-OCT-09 |
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| Apollo Pharmacy, a branded pharmacy network with over 1000 outlets across the country, has received licence from the Drug Controller General of India for the retail sale of Oseltamivir, a drug for the treatment of H1N1 Influenza. |
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| Swine flu a faster traveller than bird flu | 17-OCT-09 |
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| The H1N1 influenza (swine flu) pandemic has taken over 17 times more human lives in seven months than the H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) epidemic took in seven years. |
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| 5 more swine flue deaths, 480 outlets to sell Tamiflu | 16-SEP-09 |
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| The surge in swine deaths in the country continued today with five more people succumbing to the deadly virus, raising the death toll to 208 even as the government said Tamilflu drug will be available in 480 select chemist outlets. |
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| Swine flu virus detected in poultry | 31-AUG-09 |
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| Detection of the H1N1 influenza virus in turkey birds in Chile has heightened the danger of poultry farms elsewhere also getting infected with this pandemic virus, which has already killed nearly 90 people in India and over 2,000 persons worldwide. |
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| A single swine flu dose enough for protection: Data | 23-AUG-09 |
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| A single standard dose of vaccine may be enough to protect most people against swine flu, according to preliminary research in China that suggests twice as many people as projected could receive the pandemic shot. |
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| New guidelines on swine flu aim to quell paranoia | 22-AUG-09 |
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| Issuing a new set of guidelines for the use of drugs against swine flu, the World Health Organization has said otherwise patients with uncomplicated illnesses do not need to take antiviral drugs. |
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