The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, its developers and a company source said.
The response to Uganda's outbreak has been blunted by the absence of a proven vaccine against the Sudan strain of the virus.in the capital, Kampala, was recorded last week. But health authorities believe the actual numbers could be higher.Vaccines against the more common Zaire strain of Ebola have proven highly effective during recent outbreaks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
"We are hoping to have a large number of doses, approximately 20,000 to 30,000 or more by mid-to-end of November," she told Reuters. There are at least six vaccines in development for the Sudan strain, including three with Phase 1 data, according to WHO.
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