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Warning against Use in Teenagers Should Be Removed from Tamiflu’s Package Insert: MHLW Panel

May 18, 2018

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A health ministry panel agreed to have a statement withdrawn from the package insert of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) that its use should generally be avoided in teenage patients. The decision was agreed upon at a meeting of the…

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