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CDC Director Tom Frieden: Ebola 'Drug Pipeline Will Be Slow'
The Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that the flow of drugs to fight the Ebola outbreak will be slow to reach West Africa and other affected countries. In an interview on NBC?s "Meet the Press," Dr. Tom Frieden said that recent successes in treatment were encouraging, but that a new supply of drugs was not on the horizon.
"The drug pipeline is going to be slow, I'm afraid,? Frieden told NBC?s Chuck Todd. "The most promising drug, ZMapp, there?s no more of it, and it?s hard to make, it takes months to make just a bit." He indicated that agencies were pursuing other avenues to fight the spread of Ebola, including multiple vaccines that are in the trial stage.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...eden-ebola-drug-pipeline-will-be-slow-n218666
The Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that the flow of drugs to fight the Ebola outbreak will be slow to reach West Africa and other affected countries. In an interview on NBC?s "Meet the Press," Dr. Tom Frieden said that recent successes in treatment were encouraging, but that a new supply of drugs was not on the horizon.
"The drug pipeline is going to be slow, I'm afraid,? Frieden told NBC?s Chuck Todd. "The most promising drug, ZMapp, there?s no more of it, and it?s hard to make, it takes months to make just a bit." He indicated that agencies were pursuing other avenues to fight the spread of Ebola, including multiple vaccines that are in the trial stage.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...eden-ebola-drug-pipeline-will-be-slow-n218666