cipla - indian pharmaceutical company brings Antiflu - Oseltamivir.
its only drug now available to combat swineflu.it is also made by Swiss company Roche as Tamiflu.
"We have launched Oseltamivir brand, called Antiflu, which is the only flu medicine from India to be prequalified by World Health Organization (WHO)," Cipla's Chairman and Managing Director, Y K Hamied said in Mumbai on Wednesday. This, without a doubt, is an amazing feat and it is to be noted that Roche, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group which makes Tamiflu, a prescription drug has treated in the region of 42 million patients of H1N1 in about 80 countries worldwide.
Antiflu would be available both as capsules and liquid, will cost Rs 475 for 10 capsules, with 75 ml syrup will be similarly priced.
whereas Tamiflu is priced Rs 1000 for 10 capsules.
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