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Tamiflu can be mass produced

a nobel prize-winning chemist has found a way to mass-produce Tamiflu (oseltamivir), which is considered the main drug against avian flu virus infection in humans.

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Tamiflu manufacturer, the Swiss pharma giant Roche, has been unable to mass-produce the drug owing to two reasons