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Meet the Tiny Company Behind the Experimental Antibodies for Ebola
WPRO 630 ^ | 08/05/2014

Posted on 08/05/2014 8:24:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

(SAN DIEGO) -- The companies manufacturing an experimental drug treating two American Ebola patients aren't among the largest multinational pharmaceuticals in the world. In fact, leading the effort is a small nine-employee firm in San Diego.

Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., founded in 2003, says on its website that it develops, "novel pharmaceuticals for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, focusing on unmet needs in global health and biodefense."

Mapp's commercialization arm is LeafBio Inc., which has no employees and just two owners, Mapp President Larry Zeitlin tells ABC News.

Mapp, along with LeafBio and Defyrus Inc. in Toronto, Canada, collaborated to create the trademarked ZMapp.

The three firms say in a statement that ZMapp has not yet been evaluated for safety in humans, but was first identified as a drug candidate in January 2014.

"As such, very little of the drug is currently available," the three companies said in a statement Monday. "Any decision to use an experimental drug in a patient would be a decision made by the treating physician under the regulatory guidelines of the FDA. Mapp and its partners are cooperating with appropriate government agencies to increase production as quickly as possible."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: antibodies; ebola; ebolacure; ebolaserum; experiment; leafbio; mapp; medicine; sandiego; zmapp

1 posted on 08/05/2014 8:24:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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How do we find out who owns all the companies involved so that we can follow the money? It's ALWAYS about the money.
2 posted on 08/05/2014 8:45:41 AM PDT by scouter
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If either lives....and I don’t think so....The government will still “buy” their research for a bazillion dollars and they will smile all the way to the bank.


3 posted on 08/05/2014 8:56:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: scouter

Usually it’s about the money. THere’s some difference if the stuff in question really works. Then, later, it will be about the money again.

I mean, it’s not Solyndra, which never worked.


4 posted on 08/05/2014 8:57:00 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Sacajaweau

I thought I had heard that Pelosi’s husband owned the company, but I can’t find that reference. I’m not trying to start rumors. I just wanted to find out who really does own it. Do you (or anyone else) know how to get that information?


5 posted on 08/05/2014 9:02:25 AM PDT by scouter
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From their website, if this helps:

Mapp Signing Official’s Kevin J. Whaley, CEO and Larry Zeitlin, President and Principal Investigator’s Kevin, J. Whaley, Ph.D. and Larry Zeitlin, Ph.D. at kwhaley@mapp-biopharmaceutical.com and larry.zeitlin@mappbio.com.respectively.


6 posted on 08/05/2014 9:08:17 AM PDT by JoyjoyfromNJ (everything written by me on FR is my personal opinion & does not represent my employer)
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Thanks, JoyjoyfromNJ. I wonder two things... who in the government are they related to, and who actually owns the companies. When I have time I’ll look into it. But I don’t know how to go about finding out the owners of either private or public corporations.


7 posted on 08/05/2014 9:20:15 AM PDT by scouter
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To: SeekAndFind

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829420


8 posted on 08/05/2014 9:28:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

medscape.com/viewarticle/829420


9 posted on 08/05/2014 9:29:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

I just googled Larry Zeitlin and found that Med article. Pretty good info


10 posted on 08/05/2014 9:30:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/21/scientists-life-10-things-erica-ollmann-saphire-ha/


11 posted on 08/05/2014 9:40:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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She’s connected to Zeitlin


12 posted on 08/05/2014 9:42:07 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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first identified as a drug candidate in January 2014.

The same month Obola started advertising for transportation for those poor widdle kiddies crossing the border.

13 posted on 08/05/2014 10:30:47 AM PDT by bgill
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