eBay stops Tamiflu sale on Web as drug price soars
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Internet auction site eBay pulled the sale of Roche Holding AG's flu drug Tamiflu from its Web site on Tuesday, after prices topped 100 pounds on growing fears about the spread of bird flu.
A spokeswoman for eBay said the auction had been stopped because the sale of prescription drugs was not allowed under the company's rules.
Europe has seen a surge in demand for Tamiflu on the Internet, following the confirmation of cases of avian flu in Turkey and Romania, and a suspected case in Greece.
Bids for a single course of treatment, comprising 10 capsules, had reached 104 pounds by midday on Thursday before the auction was canceled. Some 28 bids were received for the drug, which was advertised as located in Birmingham, central England.
posted by Fergie @ 10/18/2005 05:59:00 AM
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