Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17777

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Publication type: news

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Roche accused over illegal Tamiflu deals
The Finanical Times 2010 May 21
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a6a58362-64f6-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=

Full text:

Roche put pressure on its sales staff illegally to sell the prescription antiviral drug Tamiflu to people who were not doctors, a former employee has alleged in court.

At Watford’s employment tribunal, John Miller claimed the UK subsidiary of the Swiss pharmaceutical group had promoted the blockbuster medicine to business continuity managers in companies keen to secure supplies of the scarce drug for private stockpiles, at a time of rising concerns about a flu pandemic.