Wednesday, September 30, 2015

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY CREATES EBOLA VACCINE


In the FYI category, funding for the project came from Canada and Norway, while the trials were sponsored by the World Health Organization. Assorted trusts along with Doctors Without Borders also contributed to the Ebola program.

You can read the story in The Guardian here.

- Mark

Addendum: This Ebola vaccine story is especially pertinent when we remember the less than compelling rationale behind Martin Shkreli's "$13.50 to $750 AIDs medication pill" debacle.