Recently, the British pharmaceutical giant GSK's clinical trials on the Ebola virus vaccine have begun. This vaccine has obtained positive data in animal experiments. It is currently undergoing phase I clinical trials. The FDA is also opening a green channel for it, hoping to contain it as soon as possible Ebola recipe. In addition to GSK, TKM-Ebola, a new Ebola drug from Canada's Tekmira, also performed positively.
The Ebola virus raging in West Africa has spread its fears to other parts of the world. Pharmaceutical companies are also quickening their efforts to come up with strategies to deal with Ebola virus, because this will not only reap huge profits, but also make a huge exposure rate, which may be better than they spend a lot of money on marketing. .
Recently, the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline began clinical trials on the Ebola virus vaccine. This work was carried out by GlaxoSmithKline and American scientists. The Ebola vaccine prepared by GlaxoSmithKline has obtained positive data in animal experiments and is currently undergoing phase I clinical trials. The FDA is also opening a green channel for it, hoping to obtain a good prescription to contain Ebola as soon as possible.
In addition to the positive effects of GlaxoSmithKline’s Ebola vaccine, Canadian drug maker Tekmira’s new Ebola drug TKM-Ebola also received approval from the US FDA last Friday, and the FDA may allow it to be used directly in people who have been infected. Tekmira's stock price also responded positively to this favorable information, and its stock price soared nearly 46%.
However, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization, there is currently no new drug or vaccine that can effectively target the Ebola virus. Even if the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine is effective against Ebola virus, the earliest time to market will not be earlier than 2015.
From the Ebola outbreak in February to August 4, four countries in West Africa have reported 1,711 confirmed or suspected cases, of which 932 people were killed. This is also the largest number of infections and deaths in the nearly 40 years since the Ebola virus was discovered. The international medical rescue organization "Doctors Without Borders" has previously declared that the epidemic has been "out of control" in relevant countries.