"A Japanese drug company is offering up a big claim Shionogi  Co. says it has an experimental pill that can kill the flu virus https within a single day according to news reports. In a clinical trial a single dose of the drug made by the pharmaceutical company eliminated the virus from peoples bodies in a median time of  hours The Wall Street Journal https_emailexperimentaldrugpromisestokillthefluvirusinadaylMyQjAxMTIMDEyMTgxOTEWj reported. Both Japanese and American flu patients were included in the trial. The experimental drug worked three times faster than another antiviral drug Tamiflu https the company told the Journal.   things you can do right now to help prevent the flu https The drug uses a different approach to fight the flu than other medications. The flu virus https spreads through the body by invading cells. Once inside a cell it hijacks the cells machinery forcing the cell to make copies of the virus. Then the newly copied viruses break out of the cell spreading to other cells nearby and repeating the process. Existing drugs including Tamiflu work to block these viral copies from escaping the cell the Journal reported. The experimental drug however kicks into action earlier working to block the virus https from hijacking cells in the first place the Journal said. Japanese drug regulators could approve the drug for use in Japan by early March the Journal reported. The drugmaker plans to apply for approval in the U.S. this summer however the drug likely wouldnt be available here until next year."