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Experimental Ebola vaccine sent to Liberia
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Experimental Ebola vaccine sent to Liberia
The first batch of experimental Ebola vaccine is being shipped to West Africa and will arrive in Liberia later on Friday, British multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced.
GSK said the shipment contains an initial 300 vials of the candidate vaccine, which will be sent to Liberia, one of the worst-affected countries by Ebola. The experimental Ebola vaccines will be used in the first large-scale efficacy trail in the coming weeks.
The experimental vaccine has been tested in Britain, the United States, Switzerland and Mali. Around 200 health volunteers are involved in the test, according to GSK. It said initial data from trials showed that the experimental vaccine has an acceptable safety profile.
GSK said the large-scale trail would be led by a U.S. biotechnology firm, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Up to 30,000 people, including frontline healthcare workers, will be enrolled up in the trail, one third of whom will receive GSK’s candidate Ebola vaccine.
“Shipping the vaccine today is a major achievement and shows that we remain on track with the accelerated development of our candidate Ebola vaccine. If the candidate vaccine is able to protect these people, as we hope it will, it could significantly contribute to efforts to bring this epidemic under control and prevent future outbreaks,” said Moncef Slaoui, chairman of global vaccines at GSK.
“It is important to remember that this vaccine is still in development and any potential future use in mass vaccination campaigns will depend on whether WHO, regulators and other stakeholders are satisfied that the vaccine candidate provides protection against Ebola without causing significant side effects and how quickly large quantities of vaccine can be made,” he added.
According to latest data from the WHO, a total of 21,724 Ebola cases were confirmed in nine countries, while 8,642 people have died because of the virus. WHO said the case incidence continues to fall in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Source: Xinhua
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