US frees up another experimental Ebola drug

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US frees up another experimental Ebola drug

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-frees-another-experimental-ebola-drug-220009901.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d9FKMPl9Tgr7AxDRDgMyvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8856452-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An awareness poster created by the CDC about &quot;Combating the Ebola Threat&quot; in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2014" align="left" title="An awareness poster created by the CDC about &quot;Combating the Ebola Threat&quot; in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2014" border="0" /></a>US regulators loosened restrictions on a new experimental drug for treating Ebola, which may allow it to be tried on infected patients in West Africa, the company said Thursday. The Canada-based company, Tekmira, said the US Food and Drug Administration changed the classification of its drug TKM-Ebola from full clinical hold to partial hold. &quot;This action enables the potential use of TKM-Ebola in individuals infected with Ebola virus,&quot; said a company statement. Tests on monkeys have shown the drug provided 100 percent protection from an otherwise lethal dose of Ebola, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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