Progress on Ebola vaccine

[Ranb]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/health/guinea-ebola-vaccine/index.html

"The credit goes to the Guinean government, the people living in the communities and our partners in this project. An effective vaccine will be another very important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks."

More research is needed, but the results so far on this trial show 100% efficacy.

This is amazing. Hope it actually works. I suppose it will be like the flu vaccine and require a new batch be made each year?

Ranb

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

The VSV-EBOV vaccine was developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada and licensed to Merck and NewLink.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...-gives-local-african-community-hope-1.3175959

Researchers at the Winnipeg lab have been working on the rVSV-Ebola vaccine for over a year. In March, clinical trials started in Guinea, Africa.

On Friday, the Public Health Agency of Canada thanked those involved in developing the vaccine.

"Canada's experimental vaccine is a product of Canadian innovation and hard work," Rona Ambrose, Canada's Minister of Health, said in a statement.

"We are proud of the work done by Public Health Agency of Canada scientists that led to the development of the vaccine and hope that it can be used as a global resource to help save lives and end the outbreak in West Africa."

The Canadian Government sold the rights to the vaccine to NewLink for $200,000. NewLink sold it to Merk for $50 million (U.S.).

My tax dollars at work.