CHINA-AFRICA: EBOLA DRUG
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China's Sihuan Pharmaceutical, a private Chinese company whose founders are ex-PLA military doctors purchased the rights to commercialise jk-05 (an experimental anti-Ebola drug developed by the PLA) from a branch of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and has sent thousands of doses of to Africa. The company said it plans to start human clinical trials there soon. The Chinese military has already sent enough of the drug to treat 10,000 people to west Africa, according to Dr Huo Caixia, associate president of research and development for Sihuan. Beijing has sent 200 medical workers to the affected countries and pledged more than $35m in medical aid to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and the World Health Organisation. China informed a World Bank crisis meeting in Washington last week that the value of its effort is already worth US$ 200 million and would increase.
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