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Hoarding worries stop flu-drug shipments

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Swiss drug firm Roche said it has suspended shipments of its influenza drug Tamiflu to the United States to prevent hoarding.

Concerns over the looming risk of a pandemic flu have lead to some stockpiling of the drug by some governments, but that could threaten supplies needed to fight conventional flu cases this winter.

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"We need to make sure that people exposed to this year's seasonal flu will have access to Tamiflu," George Abercrombie, head of Roche's U.S. operations, said in a statement Wednesday.

Roche said it would resume shipments of Tamiflu in time for flu season this winter.

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