Breakthrough set to boost medication
By Wang Hongyi | China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-06 07:47
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A veterinarian vaccinates a duckling in Shangsi county of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region yesterday. Central and local authorities have stepped up preventive measures against a bird flu outbreak. Liang Fuying |
SHANGHAI: Scientists in Shanghai and two pharmaceutical companies in Jiangsu province have successfully developed ways to produce the anti-bird flu drug Zanamivir, based on a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), local media reported.
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