MSF To Begin Ebola Drug Trials In West Africa Next Month

News outlets report on issues surrounding Ebola drug trials and note Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will begin clinical trials for two Ebola drugs in West Africa beginning in December.

Nature: Ethical dilemma for Ebola drug trials (Hayden, 11/11).
New York Times: Researchers to Test New Treatments in Countries Hit Hardest by Ebola (Pollack, 11/12).
Reuters: MSF centers in Guinea and Liberia to test Ebola drugs next month (Kelland, 11/13).
Wall Street Journal: Trials of Two Antivirals to Treat Ebola Patients to Start Next Month (Loftus, 11/13).

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