So is Tamiflu safe and effective? The answer, it turns out, depends on whom you ask. It’s a resounding yes, if you ask its manufacturer, Swiss drug maker Roche Holding. It’s a conditional yes, if you ask the world’s health regulators. And for The Cochrane Collaboration, considered by health experts to be the ‘gold standard’ of medical evidence, the answer is, no — until proven otherwise.
Almost a decade after Tamiflu first hit world markets—and after many governments spent billions of tax dollars to stockpile the drug against pandemic flu—new findings from Cochrane says it’s still not clear whether Tamiflu prevents infections or reduces complications.
