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Tamiflu partner

May 01, 2009 – Comments (2) | RELATED TICKERS: APFC

I just realized that one of my holdings, American Pacific Corp., is a partner in the production of Tamiflu. In case you have been living under a rock for the last several weeks, there is a major influenza outbreak spreading across the globe. It has been reported that Tamiflu, which is made by Roche, has been effective at stemming the symptoms of the so-called swine flu.

March 16, 2006: 

LAS VEGAS, March 16 -- American Pacific Corporation ( NASDAQ = APFC ) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC (AFC) (formerly Aerojet Fine Chemicals) was named by European-based Roche as one of several production partners in its global manufacturing network for the production of Tamiflu(R), the anti-viral drug used to treat influenza. AFC's specific role in the supply chain is to employ its over 50-years of experience in highly energetic chemistry and specifically engineered cGMP-facilities to produce "Azide," the penultimate intermediate in the production of the final Tamiflu(R) active pharmaceutical ingredient (oseltamivir).