World News : Ebola: Heathrow to start screening passengers

[Anonymous]

Headline : Ebola: Heathrow to start screening passengers.

Excerpt from the Link "Heathrow airport is to start screening for Ebola among passengers flying into the UK from countries at risk."


My thoughts :

This is getting rather worrying when it could appear on our own doorstep. Not taking anything away from the people and families that have suffered from this to date.

Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29605988

[Anonymous]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

"August 12, 2014 at 8:30 AM - The available supply of ZMapp™ has been exhausted. We have complied with every request for ZMapp™ that had the necessary legal/regulatory authorization. It is the requestors’ decision whether they wish to make public their request, acquisition, or use of the experimental drug. Any decision to use ZMapp™ must be made by the patients’ medical team. Drug has been provided at no cost in all cases."

http://www.mappbio.com/

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The decision not to charge for it is completely separate from the issue I raised.  The supply has been exhausted.  Why?  Because not enough was produced.

Why are they ABLE to supply the first batch free of charge, (and thereby establish it's presence on the market)?

If it wasn't for world patent legislation, any drug company could produce a similar product.

[Beenherebefore]

And perhaps several Governments' intervention ?

[Anonymous]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:
And perhaps several Governments' intervention ?

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Not sure I understand?

[Cleoriff]

The approval and (some) funding for drug development comes from the government of the countries developing those drugs. (as I said in one of my earlier posts)