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Home » Canadian Drugmaker Producing Tamiflu Ingredient From Christmas Trees
Canadian Drugmaker Producing Tamiflu Ingredient From Christmas Trees
January 5, 2006
Canadian drug firm Biolyse Pharma has started mining Canadian evergreens for the main ingredient in antiviral Tamiflu — shikimic acid — and said it is poised to supply the ingredient to drugmakers and governments in countries where Tamiflu isn’t patented.