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From a news item out today. Last sentence looks like good news for BTA.We have know for a while Britain is looking at alternatives to Tamiflu.



''In Britain, however, the Department of Health, which has ordered 14.6 million courses of Tamiflu, said in a statement that it was "completely misleading" to claim Tamiflu and Relenza were ineffective against avian flu.

There was not enough data to draw a conclusion, it said.

But the department also admitted that it was looking for a "back-up" strategy.

"Tamiflu was chosen on the basis of independent expert advice. Internationally, this is agreed as the product of choice. Our antiviral strategy is kept under constant review and we are looking carefully at alternatives as a possible back-up to Tamiflu," it said. ''