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'Fast-track the Ebola drug': U.S. under pressure to give potentially life-saving medication the green light as experts warn of global pandemic
 
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'Fast-track the Ebola drug': U.S. under pressure to give potentially life-saving medication the green light as experts warn of global pandemic


  • A petition has been launched urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to fast-track a new Ebola drug
  • There is currently no cure or vaccine for the deadly disease
  • But a clinical trial for potentially the first drug was put on hold this month
  • 672 people have died as the disease sweeps through Western Africa
  • Head of global charity calls for experimental drugs to be offered to victims
  • Expert says virus is 'as infectious as flu' and poses global pandemic threat
  • But specialist said if the disease reaches UK shores the NHS is prepared
 

 
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