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ZMapp Ebola Trial To Start ‘Any Day’ With New FDA/NIH Protocol

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Study design involves series of pairwise comparisons of novel interventions against optimized standard of care.

A clinical trial of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc.'s ZMapp, a leading candidate to treat Ebola, is to “start any day,” Nicole Lurie, HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, told a Congressional hearing.

FDA’s Luciana Borio, assistant commissioner for counterterrorism policy, added that the trial would be the first to use an “innovative,...

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