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Originally published Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 5:19 PM

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US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May

The government is buying 13 million treatment courses of antiviral drugs to replenish the U.S. strategic stockpile and help fight the swine flu outbreak.

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WASHINGTON —

The government is buying 13 million treatment courses of antiviral drugs to replenish the U.S. strategic stockpile and help fight the swine flu outbreak.

The U.S. on Thursday also began sending 400,000 treatment courses of anti-viral drugs to Mexico to help fight swine flu there.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the government is spending an estimated $251 million to replace the 11 million treatment courses offered to states recently and to purchase 2 million more treatment courses. Part of the additional 2 million treatment courses will replace the drugs sent to Mexico.

The U.S. has stockpiled about 50 million courses of antiviral drugs and states have an additional 23 million.

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