Tamiflu Declared Safe Despite Deaths in Japan
Tamiflu is a safe and effective treatment for the flu, federal health advisors said, finding no direct link between the drug and the recent deaths of 12 Japanese children.
“Kids die of influenza, both in Japan and the United States, and if you give a drug to people who are at risk of dying, there will be people who die who got the drug,” said Dr. Robert Nelson, chairman of the Food and Drug Administration’s Pediatric Advisory Committee. “There is no signal the drug is doing it, as opposed to the disease.”
The committee said it would continue to monitor any apparent adverse reactions to the drug.
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