Geneva, Aug 27, 2026 (AFP) - Egyptian group developing Ebola vaccine

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2026-08-27

An Egyptian pharmaceutical firm is developing a potential vaccine against the deadly Ebola strain raging in the DR Congo, it announced Thursday. Minapharm will receive up to $16.5 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to work on a vaccine to combat the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, they said in a joint statement. The candidate vaccine is designed by ProBioGen, a Berlin-based subsidiary of Minapharm. It is the fift......

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