PHARMACEUTICAL giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which has a base in Stevenage, has issued all its UK employees and their families with the antiviral drug to swine flu "in case of need".
Tamiflu has been given to workers as a precautionary measure to fight the H1N1 virus.
A spokesman for the company said: "GSK has invoked its own internal pandemic preparedness plan, to ensure continuity of supply of all its critical medicines and vaccines."
At the end of May, GSK started production of a swine flu vaccine and has so far received orders for 195 million doses.
First supplies will be available from September.
It also expects to increase annual production of Relenza - which can both treat and help prevent flu - from 60 million to 190 million by the end of the year.
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