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Article: Roche Introduces Program to Facilitate Corporate Pandemic Stockpiling of Tamiflu(R).
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- PR Newswire
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- June 26, 2008
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- Offers Businesses New Flexibility for Pandemic Planning -
NUTLEY, N.J., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche announced today the introduction of a flexible purchase program that will allow U.S. businesses to maintain access to their own stockpile of Tamiflu(R) for use in a pandemic situation, with limited upfront investment and more adaptability to deal with unknown factors inherent in pandemic planning.
Under the new plan, businesses pay a nominal annual fee to "reserve" their own stockpile of Tamiflu, which Roche will store and rotate to keep "in date." The contract comes up for renewal annually, at which time companies will have the opportunity to re-evaluate their ...