|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
News
Contact us
Search
Affiliated sites
|
|
Tamiflu seen as risk in 2004 The health ministry was "negative" in 2006 on the possibility of a causal relationship between the influenza drug Tamiflu and abnormal behavior, despite reports from at least two doctors who said such links could not be denied in the deaths of two teenagers, sources said May 7. It is not known why the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry decided to reject the possibility of links because the ministry said it does not have any documents that would lead to such a conclusion. In reports filed with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, a government body that collects and provides information on the side effects of drugs, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. -- the importer and distributor of Tamiflu in Japan -- attached opinions from two doctors who thought that causal relationships could have been a factor in two Tamiflu cases in 2004 and 2005.
The Japan Times Weekly: May 12, 2007 |
Main Page ｜ Japan Times Online ｜ Subscribe ｜ link policy ｜ privacy policy
Copyright The Japan Times. All rights reserved.
