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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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Tamiflu makers 'have not provided clear picture of drug'

Dr Fiona Godley, editor in chief of the British Medical Journal, which published today's research questioning the efficacy of Tamiflu, told ITV News that manufacturer Roche has "not provided a clear picture of their drug".

The pharmaceutical company "have an irreducible conflict of interest - they perform the studies," she added.

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