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 VitaBeat Health News - January 8, 2009
| St. Louis, MO (AHN) An international team of researchers has partially unraveled the genetic details of a mysterious disorder that formerly caused seizures and death in infant boys within one month of birth. | | Government officials report almost 2,600 birds have been found dead from the bird flu strain, H5N1, in the northern grasslands of China. European Union officials believe the disease has entered Macedonia, amid confirmation of infected birds in Romania and Greece. | | Bidding on Roche Holding AG's flu drug Tamiflu has been halted on British Internet auction site eBay. The company pulled the sale of the drug after prices topped 100 pounds ($174) as fears grow over the spread of bird flu. A spokeswoman for eBay says the auction on its British site has been stopped because the sale of prescription drugs is prohibited under the company's rules, "The Tamiflu listings on eBay.co.uk were removed from the site as soon as we became aware of them. We do not permit the listing of any controlled drug or item that requires a prescription." | | Swiss drugmaker Roche, under pressure to increase output of its antiviral drug Tamiflu as the avian flu reaches Europe, is considering allowing other medical firms to make the drug. It is willing to discuss all options to increase output of the treatment, including granting sub-licenses to produce Tamiflu for emergency pandemic use to governments and other companies. | | October 18, 2005 - Humana Inc. announces Tuesday it has reached an agreement with representatives of more than 700,000 physicians to settle a nationwide class action suit that has been pending in U.S. District Court in Miami for more than six years. The agreement is now pending approval in U.S. District court. Pursuant to the settlement, Humana agrees to pay $40 million to physicians. In addition, Humana has agrees to pay up to $18 million in legal fees to be determined by the court. | |
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