Roche Withholds Tamiflu in U.S. to Stop Hoarding

By Tom Armitage

ZURICH (Reuters) Oct 27 - Drug maker Roche Holding AG has temporarily
suspended deliveries of its Tamiflu antiviral drug in the United States to
prevent a run on stocks by consumers and firms fearing a pandemic caused by
bird flu.

Roche said it had halted deliveries of the drug to pharmacists in the United
States and Canada until the start of the flu season over concerns that
consumers and large firms could deplete stocks by hoarding the drug at home.

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