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Government should 'review use of anti-flu drug Tamiflu'

Ministers should review the use of a widely used anti-flu medication, scientists have said after new research has questioned the efficacy of the drug. The Government may have wasted hundreds of millions on stockpiling Tamiflu, the report added.

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Roche: Stockpiling of Tamiflu is essential

Roche's UK Medical Director Dr Daniel Thurley told ITV News that stockpiling of Tamiflu, which is manufactured by the company is "essential".

Following criticism of the Government's £424 million spend on the anti-flu drug in today's report questioning the efficacy of the drug, Dr Thurley said it was "entirely responsible for the Government to make sure there's provision to protect vulnerable people in our society."

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