Bridgette Dont want to be a killjoy,but I disagree with you.
The fact is that Relenza has never been a commercial success. EVERY year many millions of people throughout the world get flu. Tens of thousands die from it. Despite this, the public have not taken to Relenza.
( This is the reason for my tongue in cheek posts recently about dosing birds with it...It needs a new market ! )
The main reason in my opinion that it hasn't taken on is because it is too complicated to use. The inhaler device is an design & mechanical masterpiece. But therein lies the problem. One almost needs an engineering degree to figure it out. The last thing a person who has flu & feels lousy & is not thinking too clearly needs, is to be confronted with this puzzle.
Much easier to take a tablet or capsule, which is why Tamiflu is more popular.
As far as R & D goes, Bioita would be an absolute minnow compared to the R & D conducted by GSK. I would imagine they would prefer NOT to do R & D anyway if they could commercially exploit other peoples.
Bendigo
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