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nitpicker

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3. Link to DW

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 02:07 AM

Aug 2019

https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-drugs-saving-lives-after-clinical-trials/a-49999347

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Which drugs were in the trial?
Regeneron's REGN-EB3
US National Institutes of Health's 'mAb114'
Mapp Biopharmaceutical's ZMapp
Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir
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In the study, fewer people died among those given the Regeneron drug or the NIH's — about 30% compared to half who received ZMapp. More striking, when patients sought care early — before too much virus was in their bloodstream - mortality was just 6% with the Regeneron drug and 11% with the NIH compound, compared to about 24% for ZMapp, Fauci said.
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