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Ebola patient receives experimental treatment in Dallas hospital [View all]
Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian national who is fighting a severe Ebola infection in Dallas, is getting an experimental treatment, the hospital announced Monday.
The drug is an investigational medication, brincidofovir, for Ebola Virus Disease.
Duncan remains in critical but stable condition, according to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
Chimerix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company today announced that brincidofovir has been provided for potential use in patients with Ebola Virus Disease. The company is developing new oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, including Ebola.
Read more: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/ebola-patient-receives-experimental-treatment-in-dallas-hospital.html/
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