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on Oct 25, 2018
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FDA approves new drug to treat influenza
Apparently the main value of this new product is that it reduces the infectious time period (“viral shedding”) from 3 days (using Tamiflu) to only 1 day.
Would be interesting to see what impact that has during flu season.
chrisweekly
on Oct 26, 2018
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Dropping the viral shedding period from 3d to 1d is amazing. Radical impact on incidence rate.
giarc
on Oct 26, 2018
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The other value add is 1 dose vs 10 doses.
GarrisonPrime
on Oct 26, 2018
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Indeed. But if this drug doesn’t treat someone any better or faster, it may prove difficult to convince them to use it if it’s more expensive.
baddash
on Oct 26, 2018
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Hmm, given that Xofluza is better in this respect and the same in all other respects, could it be said that it is the superior option?
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Would be interesting to see what impact that has during flu season.