اكتشاف دواء انفلونزا الطيور

[Liberal]

بثت البي بي سي في موقعها هذا الخبر عن اكتشاف العقار ... وبعد البحث عن اسم العقار وجدت اسم الشركة المنتجة له وهي GlaxoSmithKline ورمزها GSK
العقار ليس بجديد ولكن وجد ان له فاعلية مع هذا المرض



الخبر :

Drug effective against avian flu


Relenza is very effective against human strains
A drug used to treat flu has been shown to be effective against the avian strain of the disease sweeping Asia.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia tested the drug, Relenza, on a sample of the H5N1 virus.

The virus has killed 22 people in Asia, and infected millions of chickens.

The tests showed the drug was as effective at stopping H5N1 from multiplying as it was against other strains of flu that affect humans.

[Liberal]

وهذا الخبر نازل ايضا

Australia's Biota Shares Up 16% On CSIRO Bird Flu Tests
Thursday February 19, 8:02 pm ET


SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Shares in Biota Holdings Ltd. surged more than 16% Friday after an Australian government agency issued a favorable statement on its laboratory testing on the flu drug Relenza.
Tests by the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, or CSIRO, have shown that Relenza is as effective, in laboratory experience, against the bird flu virus as it is against other strains of flu that affect humans.

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Relenza is licensed to GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK - News) , which is responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of the product, said Biota.

CSIRO Health Sciences & Nutrition scientist Jenny McKimm-Breschkin tested Relenza's ability to inhibit the bird flu virus, also known as H5N1 strain, which has led to the deaths of millions of chickens in Asia. The flu has also led to a several human deaths this year.