Posted on 10/16/2014 8:21:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Israeli drug companies, such as Teva, are pretty good at producing imitation drugs quickly. Teva was truly disruptive to big pharma companies, since they often feared blockbuster drugs going off patent as Teva was ready and waiting with a quality generic imitation.
Its not so surprising that what is bad for big pharma is good for the patient and the consumer, and now an Israeli biotech company named Protalix is ready to replenish supplies of the experimental Ebola vaccine, ZMapp.
The disease has already claimed the lives of 3,944, predominantly in Africa, but in the U.S., there has been one casualty and another one infected. The World Health Organization hoped to have a vaccine by November, but even if ZMapp can be available by the target date, supplies will be insufficient to meet requirements. However, the Times of Israel reports that Protalix can step in and produce as much ZMapp as is needed. In an interview with Channel 2, executive vice president of research and development at Protalix, Yossie Shaaltiel, said, Today, our production capacity exceeds our needs, and we would certainly be happy to have our company produce the Ebola drug for them. We know how to do it effectively, in large quantities and in a relatively short period of time.
I have a feeling BDS is going to be strangely silent about this outrage.
It's not required in journalism schools........................
Will muslims boycott this Israeli drug?
The vaccine will be derided because it is made by Joooos! It will be called another way to kill Arabs and Muslims. Allah has spoken. Allah Akbar!/s
If the Israelis do have a vaccine for Ebolam do you think the Arab nations will blacklist it as they do everything else from Israel?
It seems he hates Israeli’s almost as much as Americans.
Why does thIs appear more and more like a B Grade movie??
Let’s hope so.
Obama will refuse it because it was made by the Jooooz and like any good Muslim, he hates them.
“Youd never see something like this coming from the Muslim world.”
Well, Boko Haram is doing its best to spread ebola.
Don’t those Jews know that interfering with population reduction isn’t the elite thing to do? They’re just not with the program.
Naturally. Haven’t they blamed Ebola on mad Joooo! scientists, yet? Somebody must be asleep at the switch.
Neither is change a policy. But a President of a major world power was actually elected just by repeating those two words and looking good in a suit.
Hi. Hope you are doing well.
“Havent they blamed Ebola on mad Joooo! scientists.”
Odd, not yet anyway. Give it a few more days.
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You mean, because Ebola treatment may cause...gasp! Organ music! gasp!...respiratory diseases and cancer somewhere down the line? Well, then, better to die of Ebola./s
Teva was truly disruptive to big pharma companies, ... as Teva was ready and waiting with a quality generic imitation. Its not so surprising that what is bad for big pharma is good for the patient and the consumer, and now an Israeli biotech company named Protalix is ready to replenish supplies of the experimental Ebola vaccine, ZMapp ..."
An Australian company CSL, is also offering something similar - in their case, mass production under license. CSL says that it will take a long time to find a vacinne, but an effective medicine could be mass produced.
Whereever it will be produced, I think that it will ultimately be due to the efforts of the big US drug companies, who have such resources and a very good record of making new medicines.
But vaccines cause autism. Even a treatment called a vaccine by an illiterate journo will cause autism. It’s the mojo./sarc
But what about second hand antibodies? Huh? Huh? Huh? It’s just like conservatives to be opposed to the human body and go around using antibodies produced by big tobacco and big pharma./s
They’d better hurry. I’m beginning to feel neglected.
Israelis love greenhouse production... I suppose that is one reason they are able to ramp up modified tobacco plants on short notice.
Those huge greenhouses that the Gazans trashed might be handy now.
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