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FDA issues authorization for investigational N1H1 drug

peramivir bottle. 100x100Spurred by a request by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the () has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational antiviral intravenous drug peramivir for use in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza (swine flu) who are admitted to the hospital.

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