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European Union to boost Ebola research with €24.4 million

EU News 425/2014

Brussels, 23 October 2014
IP/14/1194

The European Commission has today announced €24.4 million from the EU budget for urgently needed Ebola research. The funding will go to five projects, ranging from a large-scale clinical trial of a potential vaccine, to testing existing and novel compounds to treat Ebola. The money from Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme, will be provided via a fast-track procedure in order to start work as soon as possible. The Commission is also working with industry on the further development of vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for Ebola and other haemorrhagic diseases within the Innovative Medicines Initiative.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1194_en.htm?locale=en