Drug and vaccine makers in race against Ebola

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Drug and vaccine makers in race against Ebola

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/drug-vaccine-makers-race-against-ebola-160132856--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HHggCmWKsnNGHWXiLZ3TPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-05T160132Z_1_LYNXMPEA840RB_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-DRUGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A participant reads a document on districts affected by Ebola in Guinea, at the opening of a consultation of international experts on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines in Geneva" align="left" title="A participant reads a document on districts affected by Ebola in Guinea, at the opening of a consultation of international experts on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines in Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Drug and vaccine companies are racing to conduct clinical trials of potential treatments for Ebola but it will be 2015 before there are any initial results and much later before significant quantities could be available, executives said on Friday. ZMapp, by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., has been given to seven infected people, including two American aid workers and a Briton who all recovered, but it remains unproven and supplies have run out. Dr. Larry Zeitlin, president of the California-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical, said that Washington's support was vital to conduct early stage safety studies of the experimental drug as the jury is still out on both its safety and efficacy. At this point, Zeitlin said that he expected most of the production to go into clinical trials rather than so-called &quot;compassionate care&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>

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