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Title
Asia to Test Injectable Drug to Fight Bird, Human Flu.
Abstract
The article reports that a new antiviral drug designed to treat both bird and human flu, developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc., will be tested in Asia in August 2007. The drug boosted the survival rates of mice and ferrets infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. According to some experts, the drug could fight all types of influenza, including H5N1.