Posted on 08/04/2014 7:08:06 AM PDT by Innovative
Three top secret, experimental vials stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.
A representative from the National Institutes of Health contacted Samaritan's Purse in Liberia and offered the experimental treatment, known as ZMapp, for the two patients, according to the source.
The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. The patients were told that this treatment had never been tried before in a human being but had shown promise in small experiments with monkeys.
Brantly began to deteriorate and developed labored breathing. He told his doctors, "I am going to die," according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation.
Within an hour of receiving the medication, Brantly's condition was nearly reversed. His breathing improved; the rash over his trunk faded away. One of his doctors described the events as "miraculous."
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“It must be a privately owned company.”
You’ll have to check Hairy Reed’s portfolio to confirm that.
If you are over 65 no serum for you. :-)
Love that movie.
“If you are over 65 no serum for you. :-)”
LOL, just a chill pill.
Is it covered by Obamacare?...................
Lots of people near death they could have tested it on in Africa..
Could you imagine the outcry if they experimented with a drug on Africans?
Praise the Lord!.................
Most likely a biotech firm, although these are made widely now for use in clinical lab testing.
Oh oops, duh, just saw this.
That does it.
Whether it works or not, I’m making up A BUNCH of colloidal silver!
Sad. . .medicines like this will be a thing of the past, with the Big Zero’s oabamcare killing medical innovation combined with trial lawyers suing the beejesus outta any company that makes a drug that saves 1,000 for every life that is lost.
Anyway, here they are in San Diego.
Just the clinical trials are the holdup. We need a new drug czar when we get rid of Obama.
Look for Melinda Gates to take credit for the serum…any minute now.
FDA / Lawyers / bureaucrats
Yes. . .in existence now. . .but drugs of this nature, drugs under development will suffer as I said in the previous post.
USAMRIID, PHAC(DTRA)
Got any idea who those are?
Wow. They are working on one for Ricin too!
USAMRID is sorta like the Military’s version of the CDC...
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