Germany's Bayer AG, maker of Cipro, the most prominent antibiotic for treating anthrax, announced it had agreed to supply the U.S. government with up to 300 million doses at the reduced rate of 95 cents apiece. Drugmaker Pfizer said it was also in talks with the government about antibiotics.
Twelve people have been confirmed infected with anthrax, three of whom died from the inhaled form. Two more Washington postal workers were seriously ill in a hospital with inhalation anthrax and others were treated for suspected anthrax. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
