FDA Can't Link Tamiflu to Deaths

Updated from 10:16 a.m. EST

The Food and Drug Administration said it doesn't see a causal relationship between Gilead's (GILD Quote) flu drug Tamiflu and a handful of deaths among young people in Japan, based on the information it currently has.

However, the members of the agency's pediatric advisory committee did recommend that the drug's labeling be revised to include the risk of a severe skin reaction, which occurred in a number of patients using Tamiflu.

The FDA reviewed information on 12 deaths, all in Japan, including one suicide, four sudden deaths, four cases of cardiac arrest and incidents of pneumonia, asphyxiation and pancreatitis. ...