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Bird flu needs multiple drugs: Experts (TVNZ) Governments need to


Bird flu needs multiple drugs: Experts (TVNZ)
Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs - not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu - to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, according to British experts.

Expired bird flu drugs dumped (TVNZ)
Pharmac has signed a new contract to spend nearly $5 million stocking up on antibiotics in case of a deadly bird flu epidemic. But figures released by National show about $1 million worth of the same drugs have been dumped because they have passed their use-by date.

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