LONDON (AP) — A leading British medical journal is asking
the drug maker Roche to release all its data on the flu drug Tamiflu,
claiming there is insufficient information on its safety.
The drug
has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a
global flu outbreak and was widely used during the 2009 swine flu
pandemic.
On Monday, one of the researchers linked to the BMJ called for European governments to sue Roche.
"I
suggest we boycott Roche’s products until they publish missing Tamiflu
data," wrote Peter Gotzsche, leader of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in
Copenhagen.
In a statement, Roche said it had complied with all
legal requirements on publishing data and provided Gotzsche and his
colleagues with 3,200 pages of information to answer their questions.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
LONDON (AP) — A leading British medical journal is asking
the drug maker Roche to release all its data on the flu drug Tamiflu,
claiming there is insufficient information on its safety.
The drug
has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a
global flu outbreak and was widely used during the 2009 swine flu
pandemic.
On Monday, one of the researchers linked to the BMJ called for European governments to sue Roche.
"I
suggest we boycott Roche’s products until they publish missing Tamiflu
data," wrote Peter Gotzsche, leader of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in
Copenhagen.
In a statement, Roche said it had complied with all
legal requirements on publishing data and provided Gotzsche and his
colleagues with 3,200 pages of information to answer their questions.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.