Experimental Drug Promises to Kill the Flu Virus in a Day

Even if drug lives up to claim, it likely won’t be available in U.S. until next year at earliest

By Preetika Rana

Feb. 10, 2018 7:00 am ET

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As Americans suffer through the worst influenza outbreak in almost a decade, a Japanese drugmaker says it has developed a pill that can kill the virus within a day. But even if the experimental drug lives up to the claim, it likely won’t be available in the U.S. until next year at the earliest.

A late-stage trial on Japanese and

Experimental Drug Promises to Kill the Flu Virus in a Day

Even if drug lives up to claim, it likely won’t be available in U.S. until next year at earliest

By Preetika Rana

Feb. 10, 2018 7:00 am ET

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As Americans suffer through the worst influenza outbreak in almost a decade, a Japanese drugmaker says it has developed a pill that can kill the virus within a day. But even if the experimental drug lives up to the claim, it likely won’t be available in the U.S. until next year at the earliest.

A late-stage trial on

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