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"The Saga of Tamiflu – a Pandemic Business"
A TV documentary by Serena Tinari, Harry Häner, Reto Padrutt
Production Falò (RSI), in collaboration with Rundschau (SFR).

This 56 Minutes long investigative documentary, shot in Japan, Italy, England and Switzerland, reconstructs the success story of Tamiflu, the drug governments have stockpiled to protect their populations from the pandemics. It also reveals the serious doubts as to the drug effectiveness and safety circulating in the scientific community. When it came to the market in 2000, Tamiflu had received a luke-warm welcome: it was expensive and promised to reduce the duration of flu symptoms by a day and a half - hardly revolutionary. But thanks to the growing fear of a Influenza pandemic, the drug distributed by the Swiss pharma-giant Roche became a block-buster. “A Pandemic Business” reviews facts, locations and events of Tamiflu's history. It takes a behind-the-scenes look at how the world got prepared for a Pandemic and gives the main players – Roche, the WHO, the physicians and the alleged victims – a voice.
An affair of our days on public health, transparency and unexpected side-effects.

In German, 12 minutes on Rundschau SRF 1 Wednesday the 12th of January at 20.50 (and then on www.sendungen.sf.tv/rundschau/Sendungen/Rundschau).
In Italian, 56 minutes on Falò RSI 1 the 13th of January at 21 o'clock (and then available on www.rsi.ch/falo).

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