iflu reported Monday by Danish officials, the person reportedly was taking the drug because of believed exposure to swine flu but developed the disease anyway.
A representative of Roche, which makes Tamiflu, said in a teleconference with journalists that such a development was not unexpected.
Officials said the person who'd contracted swine flu had recovered.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have more on swine flu.
SOURCES: Marc Siegel, M.D., associate professor of medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City; Rogelio Perez-Padilla, M.D., National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City; June 29, 2009, New England Journal of Medicine, online
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