New Delhi, Sep 25 - As swine flu cases continue to surge in the country, a pharma company Friday announced that it has pushed 1.25 million capsules of the drug to chemists across the country to combat the virus and it would be ready with 10 million such drugs by mid-October.

'We have launched Natflu capsules (generic version of Tamiflu - Oseltamivir), the first cure for swine flu to be available against medical prescription at designated chemists across India,' said V.C. Nannapaneni, chairman of Natco, a Hyderabad-based pharma company.

'You know swine flu has spread in India. We have launched 1.25 millions capsules of swine flu drug Natflu,' K. Srivastava, head of sales of the company told IANS.

Over 9,000 people have been affected by the contagious H1N1 virus so far, of which at least 280 have died.