Yes—but at a slightly smaller dose than teens and adults. Children who are 2 weeks to 12 years old take a twice-daily dose ...

Older adults had a lower risk of dying from the flu when they took  oseltamivir (Tamiflu) during influenza hospitalizations, regardless of whether or not they were vaccinated against the virus, a new ...

The first generic of Roche’s flu antiviral Tamiflu has hit the US market. The privately-held generics firm Alvogen has developed the cut-price copy of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) with India’s Natco ...

Engineering microbes could be our best hope for creating enough antiviral drugs. As fears spread about a potential flu pandemic, Roche's antiviral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) has found ...

Not a substitute for annual influenza vaccination. Consider available information on influenza drug susceptibility patterns and treatment effects when deciding whether to use. Not recommended for ...

With cases of the flu on the rise, we asked experts what you need to know about an antiviral medication that can ease symptoms.

A new review of data for Roche's flu drug Tamiflu has concluded the drug does not reduce hospitalisations and serious complications of the virus – and that it leads to harmful effects in patients.

Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to combat swine flu, Oxford University researchers have said. They urged the United Kingdom Department of Health to urgently rethink its ...

Most commonly used drugs don’t reduce symptoms, hospitalizations, or mortality rates for low- and high-risk patients.

It has already made Tamiflu in its lab. The drug has not been as well known and popular as Tamiflu has but is cheaper and sometimes a better alternative to Tamiflu. Dr Y K Hameid, CEO of Cipla in ...

“I tell patients to consider it a way to reduce the duration of their symptoms by hopefully a day,” Polavarapu says.Tamiflu (sold under the generic name oseltamivir) can be prescribed as a ...