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Taiwan launches world's first anti-swine flu spray

Oct 1, 2009, 13:12 GMT

Taipei - A Taiwan company on Thursday launched what it called the world's first spray capable of destroying the swine-flu virus. VirusBom costs 350 Taiwan dollars (10 US dollars) and can be used 700 times, Money Marketing communication Ltd. It contains a chemical compound that can destroy many kinds of bacteria and viruses, including the H1N1 swine-flu strain, company representative Heidi Wang said. 'We began selling the VirusBom spray today, but we have already been approached by companies from China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and the United States who want to import our product,' she said Thursday. VirusBom was invented in July by a research team from National Taiwan University. The team said VirusBom is an organic compound that is made through synthetic means and can kill both bacteria and viruses. It can be made into a hand wash, spray or detergent and applied to face masks, surgical gowns and air filters, said Professor Lee Shih-kuang, head of the research team. The team applied for and obtained a patent for VirusBom in Taiwan and several countries and transferred the technology to Money Marketing Communication to turn the technology into products to prevent H1N1 infections. After launching the VirusBom spray, Money Marketing Communication said it plans to produce VirusBom hand gel and VirusBom surgical masks, Wang said.

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