Trial of Ebola Vaccine Slated for Next Month, Commercial Production Possible by 2015

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As Nigerians become more aware of the #Ebola virus, the World Health Organization has announced that clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015.

Excerpt from SKY News:

We are targeting September for the start of clinical trials, first in the United States and certainly in African countries, since that's where we have the cases,' Jean-Marie Okwo Bele, the WHO's head of vaccines and immunisation, told #French radio.

He said he was optimistic about making the vaccine commercially available. 'We think that if we start in September, we could already have results by the end of the year.

'And since this is an emergency, we can put emergency procedures in place ... so that we can have a vaccine available by 2015.'

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