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https://www.wsj.com/articles/experimental-drug-promises-to-kill-the-flu-virus-in-a-day-1518264004
As Americans suffer through the worst influenza outbreak in almost a decade, a Japanese drugmaker says it has developed a pill that can kill the virus within a day. But even if the experimental drug lives up to the claim, it likely won't be available in the U.S. until next year at the earliest.
A late-stage trial on Japanese and American flu patients found that for the people who took the Shionogi 4507 1.41% & Co. compound, the median time taken to wipe out the virus was 24 hours. That is much quicker than any other flu drug on the market, including Roche AG's RHHBY -0.34% Tamiflu, which the trial showed took three times longer to achieve the same result. Quickly killing the virus could reduce its contagious effects, Shionogi said.
Also, Shionogi's experimental drug requires only a single dose, while patients need to take two doses of Tamiflu a day, for five days.
Both Shionogi's compound and Tamiflu take roughly the same amount of time to entirely contain flu symptoms, but Shionogi says its compound provides immediate relief faster.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Monday February 26 2018, @06:22PM
Maybe, instead, stop the advertising for all these super-ultra-strength flu-suppressants that suggests that it's your duty as a good worker to dose yourself up and turn up at that "important" meeting like one of the living dead and give the gift of flu to your colleagues...
I'm sorry, I think this is a load of crap. The pharma companies aren't the ones pushing you to go to work while sick; they're just responding to a market opportunity, providing a product that enables people to do better something they already do. The problem is the very culture of the country, which pushes people to go to work while sick and spread the disease around. I'm sure most workers would much prefer to stay at home, but they know that it's going to look bad to the boss if they do, and this will hurt them in their job, so it really is better for them to go to work and get others sick. If you're looking for someone to blame, blame the bosses and management in general, and the overall culture of the country.