Flu drug stockpiles save lives, too costly for many

Reuters, 2 Feb 2011Stockpiling antiviral flu drugs and vaccines saves lives and reduces disease in a flu pandemic, but is too expensive for around two thirds of the world's population, scientists said on Wednesday.Researchers from Singapore found that stockpiling flu drugs such as Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza "significantly reduced" death rates, but said many nations cannot