Posted on 10/15/2014 2:26:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Chinese pharmaceutical firm that has links with the country's military has developed an experimental Ebola drug. It is hoping federal authorities will immediately grant its approval so it can be marketed the soonest.
Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd developed the drug called JK-05, along with the Institute of Microbiological Epidemiology, a part of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. It has been approved but only for emergency military purposes. Sihuan also admitted during an investor call last week it has yet to undergo clinical trials. The firm said it is working to have the tests started, but if possible through a shorter time than normal processes require. It said JK-05 has shown promise against certain diseases such as influenza and yellow fever.
According to Reuters, it is believed JK-05 could be approved for wider use following a sped-up approval process applied on the SARS vaccine a decade ago. It was the military that also developed that vaccine against SARS. The JK-05 Chinese drug has been tested on mice and gave off good results. The JK-05 drug, according to portal BioPharmaDive, is a "micro-molecular chemical, which selectively contains the RNA polymerase of the Ebola virus to inhibit virus replication."
Che Fengsheng, Sihuan's chairman, said JK-05 has performed strongly during preclinical trials and safety tests in various stages of testing for the last five years. He said the company will submit an application with the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) before the end of the year.
Wang Hongquan, the Chinese military doctor who invented the drug, said in the same investors call that the Chinese nationals working in Africa who got afflicted with the disease with be the first beneficiaries of the JK-05 experimental drug. He said expanding the drug to non-Chinese require further international approvals.
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Not sure I’d trust a vaccine from there considering everything that’s been found with lead or other chemicals.
Made with antifreeze and used cooking oil?
My Ebola vaccine is a giant wheel lock. Just put it on all the jet airliners in Liberia.
Presto - nobody in this country gets Ebola.
Except it’s not a vaccine.
It’s a small molecule drug.
There is so much wrong with this article.
Translated, they seem to have a drug that may inhibit Ebola’s growth in infected people.
Not a vaccine.
LOL To each his own. This would be China's flagship health achievement of all time. They're hardly going to put it on the market with contamination. Even so, if I thought I was going to be exposed to Ebola, I'd gladly tolerate a little contamination. Wouldn't you? Having said all that, I'd prefer the Canadian version.
Thanks for that observation. I haven’t read it yet.
Vaccine from China? Please.
Pass the soy sauce, please.
Small samples will be included in the new slightly tainted doggy yum yum treats by Golden Boy, a Poonjab Company.
Posting without reading I see.
It’s not a vaccine.
It’s a small molecule rna virus inhibitor.
Like the Russian drug.
Like the Japanes drug.
Like lamivudine.
Like Brincidofovir
Won’t be deployed to 1B+ people, just those who may actually contract the disease. China can’t afford to vaccinate their population with a $100 a dose vaccine. That would be over $100B. Even they don’t have that kind of money for one disease.
We’re the only country that thinks spending $30B or $40B is more economical than just treating the infected.
[ Except it’s not a vaccine.
It’s a small molecule drug. ]
China discovered that Melamine kills Ebola dead....?????
It really does cure Ebola, but unfortunately side effects can include severe brain shrinkage and in 75 percent of males, their cranks can fall off.
Try these articles for help:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-making-antiviral-drug-to-treat-ebola/507286.html
etc.
Your vaccines and/or their ingredients ALREADY come from China btw.
Your vaccines and/or their ingredients are already manufactured in China.
I think I’d prefer the Canadian version too. IF the Chinese version received testing here, I’d be more apt to trust it. Maybe if it came right down to it, I’d feel differently, but they have such poor standards for quality control...
JK as in “just kidding”?
The Canadian version will likely still be manufactured either IN China or with ingredients FROM China.
I have faith in our guys. I have heard we put multiple US biotech companies on the job to create a vaccine.
I’m sure that it is of the highest quality, similar to the counterfeit drugs that they currently market in the US.
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