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New Drugs Needed To Fight Flu Pandemic, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Expert Says

February 27, 2009 | 
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Experts on Friday urged governments on Friday to diversify their stockpiles of drugs and called for more new medicines to fight what could be the world’s next flu pandemic caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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