ZMapp Ebola drug stock finished

News 24 ^ | 8-12-14 | SAPA

[Smokin' Joe]

Washington - The supply of the experimental drug ZMapp used to treat people with the Ebola virus has been exhausted, the US company that makes the medication said on Monday.

"We have complied with every request for ZMapp...

[lee martell]

So does that mean the two Americans flown back here for treatment with Ebola will now suffer a relapse? Maybe this was inevitable. If this is an experimental drug, it stands to reason that there would only be limited quantities. I’m sure the doctor and his nurse now being treated knew this. Hopefully, they may have gotten past the worst of the infection.

[OldSmaj]

Hopefully, they may have gotten past the worst of the infection.

I believe they are both improving and are expected to recover.

Not so with the 75 year old priest.

His age may have contributed to his demise, as well as the fact that he may have been a little further advanced in the disease than the others.

Ebola is survivable, about 60 percent is the figure, I think.

Not sure on that, but there are survivors.

Unfortunately, the witch doctors in these countries in which it is prevalent condemn the survivors and brand them as bad juju or something.

I would think that they'd be invaluable as survivors, since they would undoubtedly have ant-bodies present, from which a vaccine could be cultivated.

[aimhigh]

Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., which has nine employees, released its experimental ZMapp drug. Kentucky BioProcessing LLC, a subsidiary of tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc., manufactures the treatment for Mapp from tobacco plants.

[The Sons of Liberty]

The supply of the experimental drug ZMapp used to treat people with the Ebola virus has been exhausted

Just in time for the pandemic 0bama brought to Atlanta and shared with us. Oh well, most us peasants aren't connected with "the one" so we wouldn't have gotten the drug anyway, but no worries, I'm sure this must be covered by 0bamacare.

/sarc