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‘Miracle’ recovery of swine flu girl, 4

16.11.09
Girl aged four who was seriously ill with swine flu had a 'miracle cure' when London doctors gave her a drug normally only used on adults... more

Glaxo cashes in on swine flu jab rush

28.10.09
GlaxoSmithKline, the drug company producing the bulk of Britain’s swine flu vaccine, said third-quarter pre-tax profit soared 23% to £1.91 billion as the firm cashed in from a boost in emerging markets and H1N1 drugs ... more

Glaxo starts to shift swine flu vaccine worth £2.2bn

06.10.09
GlaxoSmithKline announced it had started to dispatch its swine flu vaccine around the world and said it has received contracts for 440 million doses of its pandemic vaccine ... more

Health experts warn not to take Tamiflu pills

21.08.09
Government refuses to change its swine flu policy after experts said healthy people should not be given Tamiflu... more

418 reports of Tamiflu side effects

11.08.09
More than 400 reports of Tamiflu side effects have been received since the start of the swine flu outbreak, according to the medicines watchdog... more

Latest advice: Don't give Tamiflu to under thirteens

10.08.09
Children should not be given the two main drugs used to treat swine flu because the side-effects outweigh the benefits, experts warned... more

'Half of children suffer swine flu drug side-effects'

31.07.09
More than half of children taking Tamiflu suffer side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares, researchers said... more

‘Most patients will only need to take paracetamol’

24.07.09
Most swine flu patients do not need Tamiflu and should just take paracetamol instead, a leading doctor said today... more

Swine Flu killing the healthy as 140,000 diagnosed last week

23.07.09
Healthy people in Britain have been killed by swine flu, as new figures reveal that up to 140,000 have been diagnosed with the virus in the past seven days... more

Glaxo charges £6 for £1 swine flu vaccine

22.07.09
Drug company producing most of Britain’s swine flu vaccine accused of profiteering from the pandemic as it hikes prices with 600% mark-up... more

Mothers-to-be should take Relenza

21.07.09
Pregnancy changes the immune system, so if a pregnant woman catches swine flu they are at a higher risk of developing complications such as pneumonia... more

Travel firms feel pig sick over fears of swine flu pandemic

20.07.09
Swine flu fears infected the stock market today, consigning travel stocks and Smith & Nephew (S&N) to their sick beds ... more

Q&A: Swine flu

03.07.09
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Q&A: Swine flu

03.07.09
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Leaflet and adverts to stop virus spreading

30.04.09
One of Britain's biggest public health campaigns was launched to try to calm fears over swine flu... more

Pharmacists don’t have stocks of Tamiflu needed for suspected patients

29.04.09
Online pharmacies have been banned from selling Tamiflu and Relenza in a bid to conserve supplies... more

Q&A - swine flu explained

28.04.09
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Glaxo set for output boost

27.04.09
Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline has already benefited from fears that there could be a flu pandemic. In the first three months of this year governments around the world ordered about £220 million worth of Glaxo’s flu drug Relenza ... more

Flu drug orders go to Glaxo and Roche

29.01.09
Health: The Government has ordered drugs by GlaxoSmithKline and Roche as it doubled its stockpile of anti-flu pandemic medicines... more

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