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LIFE SAVER: The government is buying 20 million Tamiflu capsules over the next few weeks

LIFE SAVER: The government is buying 20 million Tamiflu capsules over the next few weeks

Pharma companies line up to bag Tamiflu contract

s the H1N1 Influenza virus (swine flu) death toll rises, pharma companies are lining to bag the contracts for Tamiflu. Five pharma companies are in the race as the government looks to procure close to 20 million Tamilflu capsules over the next few weeks. The drug is the only known medicine to fight swine flu. Tamilflu cannot be brought from the neighbourhood chemist but the government is stockpiling the medicine.

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