Japan News: Alzheimer's vaccine works on mice: Japan scientist Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimer's disease that has proven effective and safe in mice, the director of a research institute behind the project said on Thursday. Japan says it will keep stockpiling Tamiflu Japan plans to keep stockpiling the Tamiflu anti-viral drug to tackle any future bird flu pandemic, even though it has warned doctors not to give the drug to teenagers, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday. Japan experts link osteoarthritis to gene variant Researchers in Japan have identified a gene variant that may be responsible for osteoarthritis, a painful condition in the joints that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. EU drugs panel says Tamiflu benefits outweigh risks A panel of European experts said the benefits of Swiss drugmaker Roche's influenza drug Tamiflu outweighed the risks, but that it would closely monitor reports of safety concerns in Japan. Gov't suspends use of anti-flu drug Tamiflu for teens The government issued an emergency instruction late Tuesday to suspend the administration of Tamiflu, an antiviral drug commonly prescribed for flu patients in Japan, to teenagers after two fresh cases of ...