Australia Rations Tamiflu As Flu Drug Supplies Dwindle
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Australia has begun rationing the nation's stockpile of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) to treat the H1N1 flu strain as several pharmacies begun to run out of the drug. Government authorities expressed the concern that some Australians are hoarding the drug and that some physicians are not prescribing it properly. Under the rationing plan, hospitals and doctors will be required to obtain the drug directly from Roche only if they have confirmed cases of the flu sweeping the world. The supplies themselves are to be distributed through hospitals, the health minister said. (Click here for more