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Ebola-related pharma stocks were mixed Thursday amid plans announced to buy millions of doses of vaccines for the disease once the World Health Organization recommends a drug.
The Geneva Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, or Gavi, committed to a plan it said may see up to $300 million spent on the vaccines, to be used to immunize at risk populations in affected countries.
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Approved vaccines don't currently exist, although two candidates are now in the midst of human trials by GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) and a joint project of NewLink Genetics Corp (NASDAQ: NLNK) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK).
Glaxo, Merck, as well as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), which expects an Ebola vaccine to soon enter clinical trials, each were nearly unchanged recently.
NewLink was off more than 5 percent Thursday after its Phase I Ebola trial got temporarily halted on safety concerns. The trial is expected to resume in January and a Phase II study is expected in early 2015.
Gavi, backed by 19 countries as well as OPEC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said it could acquire up to 12 million courses of an approved vaccine
Funding could also be used to create stockpiles of first- and second-generation Ebola vaccines which countries can access rapidly in future outbreaks, Gavi said
Gavi already funds similar stockpiles for yellow fever, meningitis A and oral cholera vaccines.
Up to an additional $90 million could be used to support countries to introduce the vaccines and to rebuild devastated health systems and restore immunization services for all vaccines in Ebola-affected countries.
Other companies with Ebola-related projects in development:
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) gained about 2 percent while Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: TKMR) fell nearly 4 percent and Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SRPT) was off about 3.5 percent.
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