Drug Companies

Five companies make swine flu vaccine for the U.S. market
— AstraZeneca’s MedImmune unit, CSL Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Novartis AG and Sanofi-Aventis SA.

AstraZeneca

GlaxoSmithKline 

Novavax

Tamiflu, a pill known generically as oseltamivir, is made by Roche under license from Gilead Sciences Inc. Relenza, which is inhaled, is known generically as zanamivir and is made by Glaxo under license from Biota Inc.

Roche

Gilead

Drugmakers are working on intravenous formulations of both and BioCryst is working to perfect peramivir, which is designed to be given intravenously.

Crucell

 

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